| Library / English Dictionary |
CORPS
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support
Synonyms:
army corps; corps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("corps" is a kind of...):
army unit (a military unit that is part of an army)
Meronyms (members of "corps"):
division (an army unit large enough to sustain combat)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "corps"):
WAC; Women's Army Corps (an army corps that was organized in World War II but is no longer a separate branch of the United States Army)
Reserve Officers Training Corps; ROTC (a training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers)
Holonyms ("corps" is a member of...):
army; ground forces; regular army (a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A body of people associated together
Example:
diplomatic corps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("corps" is a kind of...):
body (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "corps"):
corps diplomatique; diplomatic corps; diplomatic service (the body of diplomatic personnel)
