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Webster 1913 Edition

Cohort

Co′hort

,
Noun.
[L.
cohors
, prop. an inclosure: cf. F.
cohorte
. See
Court
,
Noun.
]
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 1828 Edition

Cohort

COHORT

, n.
1.
Among the Romans, a body of about five or six hundred men; each cohort consisted of three maniples, and each maniple, of two centuries; and ten cohorts constituted a legion.
2.
In poetry, a band or body of warriors.

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