corse

¹

[ kawrs ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. corpse.

Corse

²

[ kawrs ]

noun

1. French name of Corsica.

corse

¹

/ kɔːs /

noun

1. an archaic word for corpse

Corse

²

/ kɔrs /

noun

1. the French name for Corsica

Word History and Origins

Origin of corse¹

1225–75; Middle English cors < Old French < Latin corpus body; corpse

Example Sentences

Enter the second gallery, where rigorous geometric abstract paintings by Bridget Riley, Billy Al Bengston, Jo Baer and Mary Corse and a sculpture by Larry Bell hold sway, and suddenly the prior room’s limitations are framed: There, only one of the 13 works was by a woman, painter Lee Krasner, and only one was by a non-New Yorker, painter Robert Colescott, who was also the only nonwhite artist.

From Los Angeles Times

The modern version has two trim levels: Tributo and Alfa Corse.

From Seattle Times

Organic dairy farmer Abbie Corse, whose more than 150-year-old family farm is located in the southern Vermont town of Whittingham, said she doesn’t know what the future of the farm will look like.

From Seattle Times

“If a farm like ours is questioning how we’re going to keep going if something doesn’t change, I don’t know how we think there’s a future for anybody,” said Corse, 40, who farms with her mother and father.

From Seattle Times

On top of the high feed, energy and fuel costs organic farmers are facing, labor is a pressing challenge for The Corse Farm Dairy, which has a herd of about 90 and sells its milk to Organic Valley, an international milk cooperative based in LaFarge, Wisconsin.

From Seattle Times

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