Noun: corps
| Singular | corps |
| Plural | corps; corpses |
Sample Sentences
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diplomatic corps
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White House press corps
Nouns inflected like corps
saltus,
beta fish,
paleofish,
airbreathing catfish,
black rhinoceros,
torrentfish,
megahertz,
pan fish,
solar plexus,
peltops,
yellow perch,
numb-nuts,
springfish,
pilot fish,
FPS,
janitor fish,
seafish,
parados,
Mediterranean parrotfish,
cockfish, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From French corps d'armée (literally “army body”), from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse and corpus. See also English riff. See: French Nouns '
corps d'armée', Latin Nouns '
corpus', English Nouns '
riff'.