Found 2 items, similar to Cohort.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: cohort
cohort
n 1: a company of companions or supporters
2: a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
3: a group people having approximately the same age [syn:
age group
,
age bracket]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cohort
Cohort
\Co"hort\, n. [L. cohors, prop. an inclosure: cf. F.
cohorte. See
Court, n.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A body of about five or six hundred
soldiers; the tenth part of a legion.
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2. Any band or body of warriors.
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With him the cohort bright
Of watchful cherubim. --Milton.
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3. (Bot.) A natural group of orders of plants, less
comprehensive than a class.
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