CORPS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support

Synonyms:

army corps; corps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("corps" is a kind of...):

army unit (a military unit that is part of an army)

Meronyms (members of "corps"):

division (an army unit large enough to sustain combat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "corps"):

WAC; Women's Army Corps (an army corps that was organized in World War II but is no longer a separate branch of the United States Army)

Reserve Officers Training Corps; ROTC (a training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers)

Holonyms ("corps" is a member of...):

army; ground forces; regular army (a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state)

Meaning:

A body of people associated together

Example:

diplomatic corps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("corps" is a kind of...):

body (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "corps"):