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PEACE CORPS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Peace Corps mean?
• PEACE CORPS (noun)
The noun PEACE CORPS has 1 sense:
1. a civilian organization sponsored by the United States government; helps people in developing countries
Familiarity information: PEACE CORPS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A civilian organization sponsored by the United States government; helps people in developing countries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Peace Corps" is a kind of...):
organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)
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