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单词 corps
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corpsn.1

Brit. /kɔː/, U.S. /kɔr/
Forms: Plural unchanged /kɔəz/. Also 1700s corpse.
Etymology: For history, see corpse n. As short for corps d'armée, it is found in French before 1700, and appears to have come up in English during Marlborough's campaigns. Here it was probably at first pronounced like English corps , corpse n.; but before the end of the 18th cent. the French pronunciation generally prevailed, and with this the French spelling was retained, while for the senses with the English pronunciation the spelling corpse was established.
1. The earlier spelling of corpse n. ‘body’, in all senses of that word. Obsolete.
2. Military.
a. A division of an army, forming a tactical unit; a body of troops regularly organized; a body of men who are assigned to a special service.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > corps
corps1711
corps d'armée1812
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 165. ¶5 [In a letter ‘very modishly chequered with this Modern Mililtary Eloquence’] Our Army being divided into two Corps.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 289. ⁋2 An huge Army made up of innumerable Corps, if I may use that Term.
1753 W. Melmoth tr. Cicero Lett. xiv. xvii. (R.) I immediately returned back to join my little corps.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. , Corps, Corpse..5. A body of forces.
1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 56. 441 These little volunteer corps..have already begun to make a sensible impression.
1796 Hull Advertiser 9 Jan. 1/4 A rescue and a riot by the rest of the corpse might possibly be the result.
1814 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) XII. 13 A corps consisting of about 12,000 rank and file of British infantry, a regiment of cavalry, and six companies of artillery.
1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master ii. 53 He's ordered off to join a corps, Which he had never seen before.
1859 Regulations for Musketry Instr. Army 84 A serjeant, who does not belong to the corps of instructors of musketry.
1881 Army Act 44–5 Vict. c. 58. pt. 5. s. 190 (15). [Defines the expression ‘corps’.]
b. In French phrases: corps d'armée /kɔr darme/, a main division of an army in the field, an army-corps; corps de bataille /kɔr də batɑj/, the central part of an army drawn up for battle between the wings; corps d'élite /kɔr delit/, a body of picked men; a select group; corps de réserve /kɔr də rezɛrv/, a reserve force kept out of the action, to give help if needed; corps volant /kɔr vɔlɑ̃/, a body of troops intended for rapid movements. Also corps de garde n.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > reserves
standardc1325
reserves1632
reservala1645
corps de réserve1704
relief1826
mass of manoeuvre1907
society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > corps
corps1711
corps d'armée1812
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > the choice or pick > people
choicea1616
elite1738
crème de la crème1848
corps d'élite1884
premier league1898
sacred circle1939
1704 London Gaz. No. 4044/2 His Grace..ordered the Corps de Reserve to advance.
1762 S. Foote Orators i. 20 If..we estimate this corps de reserve at the half only of the standing force.
1799 Piece Family Biog. II. 82 They had immediately sent a corps d'observation into the larder.
1812 Examiner 23 Aug. 531/2 The Russian army..consisted of five corps-d'armée, each of two divisions.
1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Oct. 519 The apparition of a corps d'armée under the tricoloured flag.
1884 J. Sharman Cursory Hist. Swearing vi. 105 In every society there has existed a certain corps d'élite.
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Jan. 2/3 The 1st Cavalry, a corps d'élite organized by Jefferson Davis.
1943 J. S. Huxley TVA ix. 56 A workers' corps d'élite from whose ranks men can be picked to undertake the more skilled jobs.
1958 Observer 18 May 6/4 Grammar school pupils—the bulk of our future corps d'élite.
1970 Times 19 Nov. 10/2 The Bar is not remotely a corps d'élite—as is impliedly..claimed.
c. figurative.
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1746–7 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 129 It renders the flowery tribes a sort of immortal corps; for, though some are continually dropping, yet..others are as continually rising to beautify our borders.
1822 Q. Rev. 27 117 Most of us have our little corps of consolations.
3. gen.
a. A body or company of persons associated in a common organization, or acting under a common direction. Cf. core n.2
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun]
ferec975
flockOE
gingc1175
rout?c1225
companyc1300
fellowshipc1300
covinc1330
eschelec1330
tripc1330
fellowred1340
choira1382
head1381
glub1382
partya1387
peoplec1390
conventc1426
an abominable of monksa1450
body1453
carol1483
band1490
compernagea1500
consorce1512
congregationa1530
corporationa1535
corpse1534
chore1572
society1572
crew1578
string1579
consort1584
troop1584
tribe1609
squadron1617
bunch1622
core1622
lag1624
studa1625
brigadea1649
platoon1711
cohort1719
lot1725
corps1754
loo1764
squad1786
brotherhood1820
companionhood1825
troupe1825
crowd1840
companionship1842
group1845
that ilk1845
set-out1854
layout1869
confraternity1872
show1901
crush1904
we1927
familia1933
shower1936
1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. I. ii. 27 This Corps has a kind of Captain or Magistrate presiding over them, whom they call the Constable of the Cawdys.
1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 356 The whole respectable corps of counsellors, attornies, and bailiffs.
1832 H. Martineau Ireland vi. 103 Looking round..on his..ragged corps of labourers.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. ix. 21/2 The whole dramatic corps.
1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism (1882) xii. 87 One of the most brilliant of the corps of writers who made the reputation of the Saturday Review.
b. corps diplomatique /kɔr diplɔmatik/: the body of ambassadors, attachés, etc. accredited to a particular Court or Capital; the diplomatic corps or body. In Burke = corps of law at corpse n. 4a.
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society > law > system of laws > [noun]
lawa1000
corps of lawc1380
pandect1553
jurisprudence1656
legislation1659
corpus juris1705
corps diplomatique1796
law-system1880
adversary system1912
society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > diplomat > collectively > accredited to specific court or capital
corps diplomatique1796
foreign service1799
mission1805
foreign mission1819
1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France ii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 235 All this body of old conventions, composing the vast and voluminous collection called the corps diplomatique, forms the code or statute law.
1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London II. iv. 88 Making an eloquent defence of the whole corps diplomatique against the charges of ‘the honourable gentlemen on the other side of the house’.
c. corps de ballet /kɔr də bale/: the dancers in a ballet; the company of ballet-dancers at a theatre. Also figurative.
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1826 M. Kelly Reminisc. (ed. 2) I. 165 There was an excellent, and very expensive corps de ballet.
1836 C. Dickens in Morning Chron. 24 Sept. 3/2 The whole of the characters, including a numerous corps de ballet of boots and shoes in the back-ground.
1842 R. H. Barham Aunt Fanny in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 140 A nymph of the corps de ballet.
1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xiv. 125 The glances which all the corps-de-ballet..cast towards his box.
1958 Times 19 Aug. 11/3 Some signs of raggedness among the corps de ballet.
d. A students' society in a German University. Also attributive.
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society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student societies
fraternity1777
Phi Beta Kappa1799
union1817
law society1821
Skull and Bones1845
Bones1869
corps1874
frat1895
sorority1900
union1911
Nusas1925
society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student societies > member or prospective member
frat1895
pledge1901
corps1904
pledgee1924
1874 J. M. Hart German Univ. iv (Cent. D.) A corps has no existence outside of its own university; it has no affiliations, no ‘chapters’.
1904 Daily Chron. 29 Dec. 4/6 I hope that, as long as there are German corps-students, the spirit which is fostered in their corps..will be preserved.
1905 Westm. Gaz. 29 Apr. 14/1 As a corps-student the Crown Prince never felt at ease.
4. spirit of (the) corps (= French esprit de corps): see esprit n. in corps: in a body, collectively (French en corps). Obsolete.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] > spirit of
fellow-feeling1575
spirit of (the) corps1767
esprit de corps1780
body-spirit1794
simpatico1893
1767 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 135 The world greatly mistook you if they imagined you would come in [to power] otherwise than in corps.
1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxx. 7 I am sorry to see..the spirit of the corps.
1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 56 When..they come to understand one another, and to act in corps.
1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 480 The spirit of corps animates them to such a degree, that, etc.
5. corps de logis /kɔr də lɔʒi/, the body of a house, the main part of a building; also occasionally, a structure wholly or partly disconnected from the main building.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > main part
corps de logisc1660
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 104 In the Court aux Thuilleries is a princely fabrique... To this is a Corps de Logis worthy of so greate a Prince.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1672 (1955) III. 625 His new house..has many noble roomes in it, but they are not so Convenient..consisting of but one Corps de Logis.
1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 129 Joining on to the enormous corps de logis, the palace terminates to the right and left.
1886 C. M. Yonge Chantry House I. viii. 74 A still older portion, more ancient than the square corps de logis.
6. corps à corps /kɔr a kɔr/, body to body; in immediate contact; spec. in Fencing (see quot. 1910). Also transferred and figurative.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] > close together
side by sidec1275
cheek by cheek?a1400
hand by hand?a1439
close1489
hand for hand1490
shoulder to shouldera1586
at (the) eye's end1628
knee to knee1760
corps à corps1890
society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [phrase] > at close quarters
hand to hand?a1400
at hand1565
to meet at hard edge1591
close quarters1809
at grips1857
corps à corps1890
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > positions
in-stop14..
out-stopa1500
warda1586
guard1601
preem1603
unicorn guard1617
quarte1639
tierce1687
tierce guard1687
tierce parade1687
inside1692
carte1707
hanging guard1707
quinte1707
seconde1707
saccoon1708
prime1710
segoon1721
octave1771
supination1805
septime1861
sixte1885
sixth1885
corps à corps1910
1890 A. Hutton Fixed Bayonets 17 The position known as ‘Corps à corps’, when the combatants are so close together that it is impossible for either of them to disentangle his weapon or withdraw his point.
1905 Mrs. H. Ward Marriage of William Ashe ix. 169 The two men were measured against each other corps à corps,—the wide knowledge..of the minister, against the originality..of the writer.
1910 Encycl. Brit. X. 594/2Corps-à-corps’ (body to body), the position of two fencers who are at such close quarters that their persons touch; when this occurs the fencers must again come on guard.
1931 W. Lewis Let. 5 May (1963) 202 I have been engaged in a close corps-a-corps business struggle for some weeks.
1939 A. Toynbee Study of Hist. IV. 430 Our..question of who is to capture the world market is being settled by a direct encounter between the competitors, corps à corps.
1969 R. Thomas Singapore Wink xxiv. 242 There was no corps-à-corps with our wrists locked and straining.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

corpsn.2

Bad obsolete spelling of course n.Due to the spelling of cors, corps, as course, and consequent tendency to confound the two words.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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