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Cohort

Cohort Meaning & Definition
Cohort Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cohort?

[n] a group people having approximately the same age
[n] a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
[n] a company of companions or supporters

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cohort: age bracket | age group

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cohort: abettor | accessory | accomplice | accomplice in crime | adherent | adjunct | age group | ally | army | army group | associate | attendance | attendant | band | battalion | battery | battle group | bedfellow | bevy | body | body of retainers | brigade | brother | brother-in-arms | bunch | cabal | cadre | cast | clique | coadjutor | coconspirator | colleague | column | combat command | combat team | companion | company | compatriot | compeer | complement | comrade | confederate | confrere | consociate | consort | contingent | copartner | corps | cortege | coterie | court | covey | crew | crony | crowd | detachment | detail | disciple | division | entourage | faction | fellow | fellow conspirator | fellow member | field army | field train | file | fleet | flying column | follower | following | friend | gang | garrison | group | grouping | groupment | henchman | in-group | junta | kitchen police | KP | legion | maniple | mate | mob | movement | organization | outfit | out-group | pack | parasite | pard | partisan | party | peer group | phalanx | platoon | posse | rank | regiment | retinue | rout | salon | satellite | sectary | section | set | socius criminis | squad | squadron | stable | string | suite | supporter | tactical unit | task force | team | train | tribe | troop | troupe | unit | wing

See Also | aged | band | circle | company | lot | people | set | young | youth

Cohort In Webster's Dictionary

\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. 2. Any band or body of warriors. With him the cohort bright Of watchful cherubim. --Milton. 3. (Bot.) A natural group of orders of plants, less comprehensive than a class.

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