HOW TO PRONOUNCE
cohort
/ˈkoʊ̯ˌhɔɹt/
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What does cohort mean?
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.
- An accomplice; abettor; associate.
More meanings (7)
noun
- 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.
- (slang) A fan of American author Colleen Hoover (born 1979).
- (historical) Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 or 600 men (equalling about six centuries).
verb
- To associate with such a group.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkoʊ̯ˌhɔɹt/
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Never has been such a cohort under one banner unrolled As surged to the ragged-edged Arctic, urged by the arch-tempter--Gold.
There are moments when hideous surmises assail us like a cohort of furies, and violently force the partitions of our brains.
More book examples (3)
A cohort of light armed Numidians engaged the infantry of Quintus Fabius Maximus.
Numbers of artists had arranged to go, accompanied by a whole cohort of models and pupils, who, by midnight, began to create a tremendous din.
One single cohort of his withstood four of Pompey’s legions above four hours together, till they were almost all killed with arrows, so that there were a hundred and thirty thousand shafts found in the trenches.