corps

UK: /ˈkɔː^r/ US: /kɔr/ ,(kôr, kōr)

Inflections of 'corps' (n): npl: corps

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

corps /kɔr/   n. [countable] , pl. corps (kôrz, kōrz).

1. Military a part of the army or armed forces, such as a group assigned special duties:
   the Marine Corps.
2. a group of persons associated or who act together:
   the Moscow press corps.

See -corp-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

corps  (kôr, kōr), n., pl. corps (kôrz, kōrz).

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. [Print.] a Continental designation that, preceded by a number, indicates size of type in Didot points of 0.0148 in. (3.8 mm):
   14 corps.
4. [Obs.] corpse.

• Latin corpus body; see corpse
• Middle French
• Middle English corps, cors 1225–75

Synonyms

• 2. team, force, crew, band.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

corps / kɔː/ noun ( corps / kɔːz/)

1. a military formation that comprises two or more divisions and additional support arms
2. a military body with a specific function: intelligence corps, medical corps
3. a body of people associated together: the diplomatic corps

Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from Latin corpus body