/kawr, kohr/ , n. , pl. corps /kawrz, kohrz/ .
1. Mil.
a. a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone: the U.S. Marine Corps; corps of cadets.
b. a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
2. a group of persons associated or acting together: the diplomatic corps; the press corps.
3. Print. a Continental designation that, preceded by a number, indicates size of type in Didot points of 0.0148 in. (3.8 mm): 14 corps.
4. Obs. corpse.
[ 1225-75; ME corps, cors corpus body; see CORPSE ]
Syn. 2. team, force, crew, band.