Cō'hōrt, n.

n. [Fr., Sp., & Pg. cohorte, from Lat. cohors. See COURT.]

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.

Thence to the gates cast round thine eye, and see What conflux issuing forth, or entering in; Legions and cohorts, turms of horse and wings. Milton.