Associations to the word «Corse»

Wiktionary

CORSE, noun. (obsolete) A (living) body.
CORSE, noun. (archaic) A dead body, a corpse.
CORSE, proper noun. An uncommon surname​ originating in Europe, specifically the United Kingdom and Scandinavia.

Dictionary definition

CORSE, noun. An island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France.
CORSE, noun. A region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats