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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024co•hort (kō′hôrt),USA pronunciation n. - a group or company:She has a cohort of admirers.
- a companion or associate.
- Ancient History, Antiquity, Militaryone of the ten divisions in an ancient Roman legion, numbering from 300 to 600 soldiers.
- Militaryany group of soldiers or warriors.
- an accomplice;
abettor:He got off with probation, but his cohorts got ten years apiece. - Sociologya group of persons sharing a particular statistical or demographic characteristic:the cohort of all children born in 1980.
- Biologyan individual in a population of the same species.
- Latin nominative singular
- Latin cohort- (stem of cohors) farmyard, armed force (origin, originally from a particular place or camp), cohort, retinue, equivalent. to co- co- + hort- (akin to hortus garden); replacing late Middle English cohors
- Middle French cohorte
- 1475–85
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged friend, comrade, fellow, chum, pal, buddy.
A cohort was originally one of the ten divisions of a legion in the Roman army, containing from 300 to 600 men. The most common use of cohort today is in the sense "group'' or "company'':A cohort of hangers-on followed the singer down the corridor.In a development emphasizing the idea of companionship, cohort has also come to mean a single companion, associate, or the like:The senator strode into the room followed by his faithful cohort, his son-in-law. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cohort /ˈkəʊhɔːt/ n - one of the ten units of between 300 and 600 men in an ancient Roman Legion
- any band of warriors or associates: the cohorts of Satan
- chiefly US an associate or follower
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin cohors yard, company of soldiers; related to hortus garden |