corps
/kˈɔɹ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.27 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
noun
An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
noun
Example Sentences
- "diplomatic corps"
- "White House press corps"
- "The performers were all creditable dancers as well as comedians […] even the largest of them cavorted about en pointe with wonderful ease, and the corps work was extremely precise in its inaccuracies."
- "How to keep the corps ſeven dayes from corruption by anointing and waſhing, without exenteration, were an hazardable peece of art, in our choiſeſt practiſe."
- "To mee, who with eternal Famin pine, / Alike is Hell, or Paradiſe, or Heaven, / There beſt, where moſt with ravin I may meet; / Which here, though plenteous, all too little ſeems / To ſtuff this Maw, this vaſt unhide-bound Corps."
- "Did I poſſeſs the power of reſuſcitation, I would reanimate thy lifeleſs corps, and cheriſh thee in the warmeſt corner of thy favourite dwelling-place."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: *krep-, corps d'armée, corpus