noun ·sg & ·pl a body or code of laws.
2. corps ·noun ·sg & ·pl the human body, whether living or dead.
3. corps ·noun ·sg & ·pl the land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed.
4. corps ·noun ·sg & ·pl a body of men; ·esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps.
5. corps ·add. ·noun in some countries of europe, a form of students' social society binding the members to strict adherence to certain student customs and its code of honor;
·ger. spelling usually korps.