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corpse

  [kawrps]
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–noun
1. a dead body, usually of a human being.
2. something no longer useful or viable: rusting corpses of old cars.
3. Obsolete. a human or animal body, whether alive or dead.
Origin:
1225–75; ME corps; orig. sp. var. of cors corse but the p is now sounded

Synonyms:
1. remains, cadaver. See body.
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corpse   (kôrps)   
n.  A dead body, especially the dead body of a human.

[Middle English corps, from Latin corpus; see kwrep- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
corpse

  1. n.
    an empty liquor or beer bottle. (See also dead soldier.) : Throw your corpses in the trash can, you jerk!
  2. n.
    a cigarette butt. : The wino picked up the corpse and put it in a little box of them he carried with him.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

corpse 
1542, variant spelling of corps (q.v.). The -p- was originally silent, as in French, and with some speakers still is. The terminal -e was rare before 19c. Corpse-candle is attested from 1694.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: corpse
Pronunciation: 'ko(&)rps
Function: noun
: a dead body especially of a human being
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

corpse (kôrps)
n.

  1. A dead body, especially the dead body of a human.

  2. A cadaver.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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