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corps

noun

Etymology

From French corps d'armée (literally “army body”), from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse and corpus. See also English riff.

  1. derived from corpus
  2. derived from corps d'armée

Definitions

  1. A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.

  2. An organized group of people united by a common purpose.

    • diplomatic corps
    • White House press corps

  3. 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.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. plural of corp

    2. Obsolete spelling of corpse.

      • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at corps. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at corps. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at corps

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA