Corse
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corse
(kôrs)n. Archaic
A corpse.
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corse
(kɔːs)n
an archaic word for corpse
Corse
(kɔrs)n
(Placename) the French name for Corsica
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corpse
(kɔrps)n.
1. a dead body, usu. of a human being.
2. Obs. a human or animal body, whether alive or dead.
[1225–75; Middle English corps; orig. sp. variant of cors corse but the p is now sounded]
syn: See body.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea - the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia |
2. | Corse - a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte Armata Corsa, Corsican Army - a terrorist organization founded in 1999 to oppose the link between nationalists and the Corsican mafia; "the attacks of Armata Corsa are aimed at symbolic targets of colonialism in Corsica" France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe |
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