pl.v.]
1 a large unit of an army, consisting of two or more DIVISIONS:
the commander of the third army corps
2 one of the groups of an army with a special responsibility:
the Royal Army Medical Corps * the Army Corps of Engineers
3 a group of people involved in a particular job or activity:
a corps of trained and experienced doctors
seealsoDIPLOMATICCORPS, PRESSCORPS
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