cohort

Meanings

Noun

• A group of people supporting the same thing or person.
• A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.
• Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 or 600 men (equalling about six centuries).
• An accomplice; abettor; associate.
• Any band or body of warriors.
• A natural group of orders of organisms, less comprehensive than a class.
• A colleague.
• A set of individuals in a program, especially when compared to previous sets of individuals within the same program.

Verb

• To associate with such a group

Origin

• From Latin cohors (stem cohort-); borrowed into Old English as coorta, but reintroduced into Middle English as cōhort and chōors via Old French cohorte. court.