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- DictionaryCorps/kôr/
noun
- 1. a main subdivision of an armed force in the field, consisting of two or more divisions: "the 5th Army Corps"
1. a. : an organized subdivision of the military establishment. Marine Corps. Signal Corps. b. : a tactical unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and auxiliary arms and services. 2. : a group of persons associated together or acting under common direction.
CORPS definition: 1. a military unit trained to perform particular duties: 2. a group of people who are connected…. Learn more.
Corps definition: a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone. See examples of CORPS used in a sentence.
a group of people who work together in a particular activity: The diplomatic corps in Washington includes representatives of most of the countries in the world. A corps is also a military unit or a special part of a country’s military forces: the Marine Corps.
A corps is an army unit consisting of at least two divisions. This word can also refer to other groups of people, like a press corps, which is a gang of journalists trying to get the scoop.
A tactical unit of ground combat forces between a division and an army commanded by a lieutenant general and composed of two or more divisions and auxiliary service troops. 2. A body of persons acting together or associated under common direction: the press corps.
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.
