Cōrps, n. sing. & pl.

(kōr, pl. kōrz), n. sing. & pl. [Fr., from Lat. corpus, body.] 1. A body of men; especially, a body of troops, an organized part or division of an army. They never acted in corps, or were known as a faction in the state. Burke. 2. (Arch.) Any part that projects beyond a wall, serving as the ground of some decoration. Gwill.