corse
corse · corses
A bodyA (living) body.
UK/kɔːs/US/kɔɹs/
Meaning
2 senses(obsolete)A (living) body.
(archaic)A dead body, a corpse.
More definitions
- a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte
- an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France
Origin
From Middle English cors, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corFrom Middle English cors, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpus and corpse, and distantly of riff. Compare corset.
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