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core (KOR, KOHR) (adjective)
Center, an innermost area: The core argument was summed up by the final speaker at the conference.
corps (KOR, KOHR) (noun)
A group of people; literally, a "body of people": The corps of the audience was made up of older men and women who had retired.
corpse (KOHRPS) (noun)
A dead body: The undertaker agreed to prepare the corpse for the funeral.

The corps of friends gathered at the city park in the core of the city for a memorial for the corpse of their friend.

corps (kohr) (s) (noun), corps (kohrz) (pl)
1. A group of people who are acting together or associated with each other for a special purpose: James was a member of the local press corps.
2. A branch of a military organization which is assigned to a particular kind of work: Ted's brother was a member of the U.S. Navy Medical Corps.
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diplomatic corps (noun) (plural used as a singular)
All of the ambassadors, ministers, etc. of foreign nations at the capital of a country: The diplomatic corps resides in a foreign country, is the collection of official heads of a mission, and represents their own nations and they get together at certain functions; such as, inaugurations, coronations, etc., depending on the local customs of the nation.
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esprit de corps (s) (noun) (no plural form)
1. A feeling of pride, fellowship, and common loyalty shared by the members of a particular group of people.
2. A sense of unity and of shared interests and responsibilities that have been developed by people who are closely associated in a task, a cause, an enterprise, etc.
3. Etymology: from late 18th century French; literally, "spirit of the body".
Marine Corps (proper noun)
A branch of the U.S. Navy comprised of combat troops, air forces, etc.: The Marine Corps is the oldest organized military or naval body in the United States, authorized in 1775, officially called the "United States Marine Corps", and operates on land and at sea.
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