corps
Forms
- Plural
- corps
Definitions
1.A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
2.An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
3.plural of corp
4.A corps de ballet.
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3601
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From French corps d'armée (literally “army body”), from Latin corpus (“body”).
Doublet of corpse and corpus.
See also English riff.