Corps

·noun ·sg & ·pl A body or code of laws.

II. Corps ·noun ·sg & ·pl The human body, whether living or dead.

III. Corps ·noun ·sg & ·pl The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed.

IV. 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.

V. 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.