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corse

noun

ˈkȯrs

Definition of corse

archaic

as in corpse

a dead body would have to inter the corse of many a fallen comrade before the war's end

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Twenty-three-year-old Avia Cantrell is now charged with capital murder, while a man believed to be her boyfriend, 26-year-old Camron Baker, is charged with abuse of a corpse.

— Erin Jones, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
The sheer number of corpses meant that traditional burial ceremonies were forgotten for a time, and mass unmarked grave sites were used outside the city walls.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026

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