cohort Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a company of companions or supporters
  2. noun a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
  3. noun a group of people having approximately the same age
    age bracket; age group.

WordNet

Co"hort noun
Etymology
L. cohors, prop. an inclosure: cf. F. cohorte. See Court, n.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913