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KOR/kɔː/

A corps is a military unit, or a group organised for a special job (press corps; Peace Corps): the medical corps; a corps of engineers. Sounds like core. Corpse (next) is a dead body — classic trap. The medical corps featured in the dispatch. Mix-up: corpse / core / coarse. Plural often corps (same spelling). Do not write corps for one dead body.

Meaning

A military unit, or a group organised for a special job (press corps; Peace Corps).

Examples

• “The medical corps featured in the dispatch; do not write corpse for a living unit.”
• “The press corps waited for the briefing, which is the organised-group sense.”

Good to know

the + adjective + corps; press / diplomatic / medical corps. Sounds like core. Trap: corpse. History, news, and citizenship. An organised body of people (silent ps), not a dead body.

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