Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cohort"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Series \Se"ries\, n.
1. (Bot.) In Engler's system of plant classification, a group
of families showing certain structural or morphological
relationships. It corresponds to the {cohort} of some
writers, and to the {order} of many modern systematists.
2. (Elec.) A mode of arranging the separate parts of a
circuit by connecting them successively end to end to form
a single path for the current; -- opposed to {parallel}.
The parts so arranged are said to be
{in series}.
3. (Com.) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cohort \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cohort
n 1: a company of companions or supporters
2: a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
3: a group people having approximately the same age [syn: {age
group}, {age bracket}]
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