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cohort¹

  • /ˈkəʊ̯ˌhɔːt/ UK
  • [ˈkʰəʊ̯ˌhɔːt] UK
  • /ˈkoʊ̯ˌhɔɹt/ US
  • [ˈkʰoʊ̯ˌhɔɹt] US
  • /ˈkəʉ̯ˌhoːt/ Australia, New Zealand
  • [ˈkʰəʉ̯ˌhoːt] Australia, New Zealand

Rhymes with -əʊhɔː(ɹ)t, -oʊhɔɹt

Where it comes from

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

noun cohorts

  1. A group of people supporting the same thing or person. Coyness and caprice have in consequence become a heritage of the sex, together with a cohort of allied weaknesses and petty deceits, that men have come to think venial, and even amiable, in women, but which they would not tolerate among themselves.
  2. A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic. The 18–24 cohort shows a sharp increase in automobile fatalities over the proximate age groupings.
  3. Ancient Rome, historical Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 or 600 men (equalling about six centuries). Holonym: legion
  4. An accomplice; abettor; associate. He was able to plea down his sentence by revealing the names of three of his cohorts, as well as the source of the information.
  5. Any band or body of warriors. He ceas’d; and th’ Archangelic Power prepar’d / For ſwift deſcent, with him the Cohort bright / Of watchful Cherubim; […]
  6. A natural group of orders of organisms, less comprehensive than a class.
  7. A colleague.
  8. A set of individuals in a program, especially when compared to previous sets of individuals within the same program. The students in my cohort for my organic chemistry class this year are not up to snuff. Last year's cohort scored much higher averages on the mid-term.

verb cohorts · cohorting · cohorted

  1. To associate with such a group.

CoHort²

Where it comes from

Blend of CoHo (“Colleen Hoover”) + cohort.

noun CoHorts

  1. slang A fan of American author Colleen Hoover (born 1979). To the CoHorts for your unrivaled support.

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