corps
(Informal)
[noun]
Synonyms: team, band, company, detachment, division, regiment, squadron, troop, unit

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

corps /kɔː $ kɔːr/ noun (plural corps /kɔːz $ kɔːrz/) [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: Latin corpus; ⇒ corpus]

1. a group in an army with special duties and responsibilities:
the medical corps
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

2. a group of people who work together to do a particular job:
the President’s press corps
the diplomatic corps

3. technical a trained army unit made of two or more divisions (=groups of soldiers)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

corps
noun
ADJ. elite the elite corps of the Sultan's army
multinational a multinational corps under UK command
cadet, officer, volunteer | army, diplomatic, medical | media, press the UN press corps
CORPS + NOUN commander
PREP. in a/the ~ He's in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

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