corse

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see also: Corse

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /kɔːs/
• (GA) IPA: /kɔɹs/

Noun

corse (plural corses)

1. (obsolete) A (living) body.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:

     that lewd ribauld with vile lust aduaunst / Layd first his filthy hands on virgin cleene, / To spoile her daintie corse so faire and sheene […]

2. (archaic) A dead body, a corpse.
   • 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 214:

     Ambrosio beheld before him that once noble and majestic form, now become a corse, cold, senseless, and disgusting.

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Corse

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Proper noun

1. Surname originating in Europe, specifically the United Kingdom and Scandinavia.
2. A village in Gloucestershire, England.

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