Corps (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural corps [kawrz]. /kɔrz/.
  1. Military.
    • a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone: the U.S. Marine Corps;corps of cadets.
    • a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
  2. a group of persons associated or acting together: the diplomatic corps;the press corps.
  3. a Continental designation that, preceded by a number, indicates size of type in Didot points of 0.0148 inch (3.8 millimeters): 14 corps.
  4. corpse.
noun plural corps (kɔːz)
  1. a military formation that comprises two or more divisions and additional support arms
  2. a military body with a specific function
  3. a body of people associated together
Corps (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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