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corps

Military formation consisting of two to five divisions. Its strength is between 50,000 and 120,000 people. All branches of the army are represented. A corps is commanded by a lieutenant general or, in the USA, a three-star general. Two or more corps form an army group.
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The solemnity is simple; the five corps assemble at night, and at a signal they all fall loading themselves with beer, out of pint-mugs, as fast as possible, and each man keeps his own count--usually by laying aside a lucifer match for each mud he empties.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
But the room seemed a palace to the brats of the corps de ballet, who were lodged in common dressing-rooms where they spent their time singing, quarreling, smacking the dressers and hair-dressers and buying one another glasses of cassis, beer, or even rhum, until the call-boy's bell rang.
The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context
Then he would talk to Philip of the university, the quarrels between rival corps, the duels, and the merits of this and that professor.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
 
 
 
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