Idiom Breakdown

esprit de corps

//ɛˌspɹi də ˈkɔɹ/ / /ɛˌspɹiː də ˈkɔː/ / /ɛsˌpɹi də ˈkɔɹ/ / /ɛsˌpɹiː də ˈkɔː//

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Definition

A shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group, for example of a military unit.

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Unadapted borrowing from French esprit de corps, from esprit (“spirit”) + de (“of”) + corps (“body”).

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"“Well done, sister! I honour your esprit du corps^([sic]). When I am a wife, I mean to be just as staunch myself; and I wish my friends in general would be so too. It would save me many a heartache.”"
"Always happening like that. The very moment. Girl in Eustace street hallway Monday was it settling her garter. Her friend covering the display of. Esprit de corps. Well, what are you gaping at?"
"Also, much depended on an exceptional esprit de corps which permeated the whole staff, and achieved miracles of promptitude in such details as engine-changing and the marshalling of trains."

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