cohortn.

Brit.

/ˈkəʊhɔːt/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊˌhɔrt/

Etymology: < French cohorte, < Latin cohort-em (cohors ) court, enclosure, company of soldiers, tenth part of a legion; < co- together + hort- , found also in hortus , cognate with Greek χόρτος , English garth , gard-en , from a root meaning ‘to enclose’: see garden n. The living descendant of the Latin word in French is court , English court n.¹

1. Roman History. A body of infantry in the Roman army, of which there were ten in a legion, each consisting of from 300 to 600 men; also applied to auxiliary troops of the same strength, and (later) to bodies of cavalry.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > legion > Roman > cohort

cohort1489

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. v. 99 A cohorte of Macedonyens.

1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander ii. x. 58 Foure hundred horse, deuided into three cohorts or troupes.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 41 Marcellinus..advanced.. with the select cohorts, which were considered as the hope and strength of the army.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xvii. 274 Sabinus..had..a few cohorts lately raised in Italy.

2. transferred.

a. A similar division of other armies.

ΚΠ

1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon V. iii. 64 The Legion of Honour was to consist of..fifteen Cohorts.

b. A band of warriors in general.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > [noun]

trumec893

wic897

ferredc1200

knight-weredc1275

preyc1300

legion?1316

companyc1325

punyec1330

virtuec1350

fellowshipc1380

knightheada1382

knighthooda1382

strengtha1382

sop?a1400

strengh?a1400

tropelc1425

armyc1450

framec1450

preparing1497

armourya1500

cohortc1500

cohortationc1500

cateran?a1513

venlin1541

troop1545

guidon1560

crew1570

preparation1573

esquadron1579

bodya1616

armada1654

expedition1693

armament1698

host1807

war-party1921

c1500 Melusine (1895) 97 The kinge made to be take alle them of hys cohorte or company.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 127 The Cohort bright Of watchful Cherubim.

1815 Ld. Byron Destr. Sennacherib i, in Hebrew Melodies 46 The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold.

1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist iii. § i. 134 Jehoiada gained his victory over Athaliah with a cohort of priests.

3. figurative.

a. A company, band; esp. of persons united in defence of a common cause.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun]

ferec975

flockOE

gingc1175

rout?c1225

companyc1300

fellowshipc1300

covinc1330

eschelec1330

tripc1330

fellowred1340

choira1382

head1381

glub1382

partya1387

peoplec1390

conventc1426

an abominable of monksa1450

body1453

carol1483

band1490

compernagea1500

consorce1512

congregationa1530

corporationa1535

corpse1534

chore1572

society1572

crew1578

string1579

consort1584

troop1584

tribe1609

squadron1617

bunch1622

core1622

lag1624

studa1625

brigadea1649

platoon1711

cohort1719

lot1725

corps1754

loo1764

squad1786

brotherhood1820

companionhood1825

troupe1825

crowd1840

companionship1842

group1845

that ilk1845

set-out1854

layout1869

confraternity1872

show1901

crush1904

we1927

familia1933

shower1936

1719 Visct. Bolingbroke Let. 17 Mar. in J. Swift Lett. (1766) II. 196 I was apt to confound my acquaintance and my friends together. I had a numerous cohort of the latter.

1858 J. M. Neale tr. Rhythm of Bernard de Morlaix 33 The cohort of the Fathers Who kept the Faith below.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 6) II. xvi. 454 A small cohort of social regenerators.

b. In demography, a group of persons having a common statistical characteristic, esp. that of being born in the same year. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > science of mankind > [noun] > study of populations > group having common characteristics

year group1897

cohort1944

the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > statistics > study of > demographics > group of people within

cohort1944

demographic1972

demo1980

1944 H. P. Fairchild Dict. Sociol. 45/2 Cohort (demographical usage), a group of persons starting life together. Thus, hypothetical cohorts are established in the construction of life tables.

1947 P. K. Whelpton in Proc. Internat. Statist. Conf. (Washington) III. B. 632 This discussion will..carry the analysis of fertility trends a step further..by considering cohorts of women (i.e. women grouped by date of birth), and by classifying the births to each cohort.

1954 P. K. Whelpton (title) Cohort fertility.

1959 Listener 19 Nov. 865/1 It [sc. secular analysis] must be reinforced by analysis of a different style: one which takes all the people born in one year or married in one year and follows them through their lives. Analysis of this kind is called ‘cohort analysis’.

1962 Lancet 8 Dec. 1213/1 The number of possible long-stay patients produced by the 1954 cohort of admissions was estimated as 7453.

4. Zoology and Botany. In some classifications, a large group superior to a natural order, but of no fixed grade; in Botany usually = alliance n. 4c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > taxonomy > taxon > [noun] > group higher than order or of no fixed grade

legion1815

alliance1835

cohort1839

1839 J. Lindley School Bot. iv. 25 No idea of the nature or limits of these cohorts can be formed from a consideration of the Flora of Europe alone.

1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. ix. §1. 326 Cohort..is becoming established for a grade next above that of order.

5. An assistant, colleague, accomplice. Chiefly U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] > accomplice

complice1475

fedariea1616

complier1619

correspondent1639

right bower1829

cohort1952

1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe xii. 276 The old poet had left, accompanied by two of his cohorts.

1957 B. Evans & C. Evans Dict. Contemp. Amer. Usage 99/1 Banting [was] assisted by his young cohort, Dr. Charles H. Best. The culprit and his three cohorts quickly confessed.

1965 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 1059/2 The new American vulgarism of ‘cohort’ meaning ‘partner’.

1970 Sunday Times 28 June 6/5 The impending trial of Bobby Seale, chairman of the Black Panther movement, and his eight cohorts in New Haven.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cohort
释义	cohortn. Brit. /ˈkəʊhɔːt/, U.S. /ˈkoʊˌhɔrt/ Etymology: < French cohorte, < Latin cohort-em (cohors ) court, enclosure, company of soldiers, tenth part of a legion; < co- together + hort- , found also in hortus , cognate with Greek χόρτος , English garth , gard-en , from a root meaning ‘to enclose’: see garden n. The living descendant of the Latin word in French is court , English court n.¹ 1. Roman History. A body of infantry in the Roman army, of which there were ten in a legion, each consisting of from 300 to 600 men; also applied to auxiliary troops of the same strength, and (later) to bodies of cavalry. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > legion > Roman > cohort cohort1489 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. v. 99 A cohorte of Macedonyens. 1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander ii. x. 58 Foure hundred horse, deuided into three cohorts or troupes. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 41 Marcellinus..advanced.. with the select cohorts, which were considered as the hope and strength of the army. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xvii. 274 Sabinus..had..a few cohorts lately raised in Italy. 2. transferred. a. A similar division of other armies. ΚΠ 1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon V. iii. 64 The Legion of Honour was to consist of..fifteen Cohorts. b. A band of warriors in general. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > [noun] trumec893 wic897 ferredc1200 knight-weredc1275 preyc1300 legion?1316 companyc1325 punyec1330 virtuec1350 fellowshipc1380 knightheada1382 knighthooda1382 strengtha1382 sop?a1400 strengh?a1400 tropelc1425 armyc1450 framec1450 preparing1497 armourya1500 cohortc1500 cohortationc1500 cateran?a1513 venlin1541 troop1545 guidon1560 crew1570 preparation1573 esquadron1579 bodya1616 armada1654 expedition1693 armament1698 host1807 war-party1921 c1500 Melusine (1895) 97 The kinge made to be take alle them of hys cohorte or company. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 127 The Cohort bright Of watchful Cherubim. View more context for this quotation 1815 Ld. Byron Destr. Sennacherib i, in Hebrew Melodies 46 The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist iii. § i. 134 Jehoiada gained his victory over Athaliah with a cohort of priests. 3. figurative. a. A company, band; esp. of persons united in defence of a common cause. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] ferec975 flockOE gingc1175 rout?c1225 companyc1300 fellowshipc1300 covinc1330 eschelec1330 tripc1330 fellowred1340 choira1382 head1381 glub1382 partya1387 peoplec1390 conventc1426 an abominable of monksa1450 body1453 carol1483 band1490 compernagea1500 consorce1512 congregationa1530 corporationa1535 corpse1534 chore1572 society1572 crew1578 string1579 consort1584 troop1584 tribe1609 squadron1617 bunch1622 core1622 lag1624 studa1625 brigadea1649 platoon1711 cohort1719 lot1725 corps1754 loo1764 squad1786 brotherhood1820 companionhood1825 troupe1825 crowd1840 companionship1842 group1845 that ilk1845 set-out1854 layout1869 confraternity1872 show1901 crush1904 we1927 familia1933 shower1936 1719 Visct. Bolingbroke Let. 17 Mar. in J. Swift Lett. (1766) II. 196 I was apt to confound my acquaintance and my friends together. I had a numerous cohort of the latter. 1858 J. M. Neale tr. Rhythm of Bernard de Morlaix 33 The cohort of the Fathers Who kept the Faith below. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 6) II. xvi. 454 A small cohort of social regenerators. b. In demography, a group of persons having a common statistical characteristic, esp. that of being born in the same year. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > people > science of mankind > [noun] > study of populations > group having common characteristics year group1897 cohort1944 the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > statistics > study of > demographics > group of people within cohort1944 demographic1972 demo1980 1944 H. P. Fairchild Dict. Sociol. 45/2 Cohort (demographical usage), a group of persons starting life together. Thus, hypothetical cohorts are established in the construction of life tables. 1947 P. K. Whelpton in Proc. Internat. Statist. Conf. (Washington) III. B. 632 This discussion will..carry the analysis of fertility trends a step further..by considering cohorts of women (i.e. women grouped by date of birth), and by classifying the births to each cohort. 1954 P. K. Whelpton (title) Cohort fertility. 1959 Listener 19 Nov. 865/1 It [sc. secular analysis] must be reinforced by analysis of a different style: one which takes all the people born in one year or married in one year and follows them through their lives. Analysis of this kind is called ‘cohort analysis’. 1962 Lancet 8 Dec. 1213/1 The number of possible long-stay patients produced by the 1954 cohort of admissions was estimated as 7453. 4. Zoology and Botany. In some classifications, a large group superior to a natural order, but of no fixed grade; in Botany usually = alliance n. 4c. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > taxonomy > taxon > [noun] > group higher than order or of no fixed grade legion1815 alliance1835 cohort1839 1839 J. Lindley School Bot. iv. 25 No idea of the nature or limits of these cohorts can be formed from a consideration of the Flora of Europe alone. 1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. ix. §1. 326 Cohort..is becoming established for a grade next above that of order. 5. An assistant, colleague, accomplice. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] > accomplice complice1475 fedariea1616 complier1619 correspondent1639 right bower1829 cohort1952 1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe xii. 276 The old poet had left, accompanied by two of his cohorts. 1957 B. Evans & C. Evans Dict. Contemp. Amer. Usage 99/1 Banting [was] assisted by his young cohort, Dr. Charles H. Best. The culprit and his three cohorts quickly confessed. 1965 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 1059/2 The new American vulgarism of ‘cohort’ meaning ‘partner’. 1970 Sunday Times 28 June 6/5 The impending trial of Bobby Seale, chairman of the Black Panther movement, and his eight cohorts in New Haven. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † cohortv. /kəʊˈhɔːt/ Etymology: < Latin cohortāri, < co- (com-) + hortāri. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To exhort. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > exhort movea1382 enhort1382 exhortc1475 cohort1481 adhorta1500 urge1565 engage1647 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. v. 28 Thus wil the deuil cohorte [or ? coherte] them. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 453 The Lard of Tullybarne and uther Noble men, who cohorted thame to quyetness. 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cohortn.

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