English Explanatory Dictionary

corse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A (living) body.
  2. A dead body, a corpse.
name
  1. An uncommon surname originating in Europe, specifically the United Kingdom and Scandinavia.
  2. A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7828).

Pronunciation

/kɔːs/ /kɔɹs/

Word forms

corse corses

Etymology

From Middle English cors, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpus and corpse, and distantly of riff. Compare corset.

Derived words

corsepresent
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