Cohort
Pronunciation : Co"hort
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. cohors, prop. an inclosure: cf. F. cohorte. See Court, n.]
Definition : 1. (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: A natural group of orders of plants, less comprehensive than a class.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913