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Definition of the Peace Corps noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the Peace Corps

noun

/ðə ˈpiːs kɔː(r)/

/ðə ˈpiːs kɔːr/

[singular]

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a US organization that sends young Americans to work in other countries without pay in order to create international friendship
CulturePresident John F Kennedy began the Peace Corps in 1961 with the aim of helping other countries in the fields of health, education, farming, etc.

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