'Cohort' definitions:
Definition of 'cohort'
From: WordNet
noun
A company of companions or supporters
noun
A band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
noun
A group of people having approximately the same age [syn: age group, age bracket, cohort]
Definition of 'Cohort'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any band or body of warriors. [1913 Webster]
- With him the cohort bright Of watchful cherubim. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) A natural group of orders of plants, less comprehensive than a class. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'cohort'
From: GCIDE
- Series \Se"ries\, n. [L. series, fr. serere, sertum, to join or bind together; cf. Gr. ??? to fasten, Skr. sarit thread. Cf. Assert, Desert a solitude, Exert, Insert, Seraglio.]
- 1. A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of calamitous events. [1913 Webster]
- During some years his life a series of triumphs. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Biol.) Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes only orders or families; in other cases only species. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) In Engler's system of plant classification, a group of families showing certain structural or morphological relationships. It corresponds to the cohort of some writers, and to the order of many modern systematists. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 4. (Math.) An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Elec.) A mode of arranging the separate parts of a circuit by connecting them successively end to end to form a single path for the current; -- opposed to parallel. The parts so arranged are said to be
- in series. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 6. (Com.) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'cohort'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- out-group,
- outfit,
- 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