Co″hort (?), n. [L. cohors, prop. an inclosure: cf. F. cohorte. See Court, n.] 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.