corpse

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That was a dead man sprawling there--what you call a corpse, a bleeding carcass.

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

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  • The face of the corpse was his own face, complete with the neatly parted hair, the round metal-framed glasses, the small sharp nose, the thin lips. —  The Japanese Corpse - Janwillem van de Wetering - Grijpstra-De Gier 05
  • At least I thought then that it was a cock-and-bull story—something about Mary Stokes having seen what she described as a corpse. —  Eternity Ring - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 13: 1948
  • May Allah watch over you in your travels The blessing I could readily accept, but tarnished silver gained from buying a corpse was a different thing altogether. —  AHMM,November2006
  • Why the river, where the corpse was almost certain to be found, sooner or later? —  The Case of the Late Pig - Margery Allingham - Campion 08 - 1937
  • On the otherwise unidentifiable head of the corpse was the slightly scorched red and black hair which was what I thought of as the trademark of Gloria Mundy. —  Here Lies Gloria Mundy - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 61
 

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skeleton ·  carcass ·  bone ·  remain ·  body ·  ghost ·  creature ·  statue ·  skull ·  monster ·  victim ·  limb

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corpse:   corpses
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English corps, from Latin corpus; see kwrep- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also corps; from Middle English corps, also cors (later corse, q. v.), a body, especially a dead body, from Old French corps, also cors, French corps (see corps) = Old Spanish corpo, Spanish cuerpo = Portuguese Italian corpo, from Latin corpus (corpor-), the body (see corpus, corporal, corporeal, etc.), = Anglo-Saxon hrif, the bowels, the womb: see midriff.
 

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