Lexic.us

Definition of Cohort

1. Noun. A company of companions or supporters.

2. Noun. A band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion).

3. Noun. A group of people having approximately the same age.

Definition of Cohort

1. n. A body of about five or six hundred soldiers; the tenth part of a legion.

Definition of Cohort

1. Noun. A group of people supporting the same thing or person. ¹

2. Noun. (statistics) A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic. ¹

3. Noun. (military history) Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 men. ¹

4. Noun. An accomplice; abettor; associate. ¹

5. Noun. Any band or body of warriors. ¹

6. Noun. (botany) A natural group of orders of plants, less comprehensive than a class. ¹

7. Noun. A colleague. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cohort

1. a companion or associate [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cohort

1. A cohort is a group of animals of the same species, identified by a common characteristic, which are studied over a period of time as part of a scientific or medical investigation. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cohort

cohobations cohoe cohoes cohog cohogs coholder coholders cohomogeneity cohomological cohomologically

cohomologies cohomology cohomotopy cohorn cohorns cohort (current term) cohort effect cohort studies cohort study cohortative

cohortatively cohortatives cohorts cohos cohosh cohoshes cohost cohosted cohostess cohostessed

Literary usage of Cohort

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Mizuno, S.; Akiba, S.; Hirayama, T. Lung cancer risk comparison among male smokers between the six-prefecture cohort In Japan and the British physicians' ..."

2. Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent and Chronic Juvenile Offenders by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"The replication study focused on the cohort of some 28000 children born in ... cohort II males were much more likely than cohort I to commit a Violent Crime ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1908)
"The cohort in which he was centurion was probably the cohort II Itálica civium ... ЧАТ, Cornelius and the Italic cohort in Expositor (1896), 194 sq.; ..."

4. Illicit Drug Use, Smoking and Drinking by America's High School Students by Lloyd D. Johnston, Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald G. Bachman (1993)
"AGE, PERIOD AND cohort EFFECTS Throughout this report we have been attributing trends in substance use to one or more of three factors: period effects or ..."

5. The Decline of the Roman Republic by George Long (1866)
"Marius, in his second consulship, says Pliny, made the eagle (aquila) the chief standard of the legion, and it was entrusted to the first cohort, ..."

6. State of the Nation: South Africa 2003-2004 by John Daniel, Adam Habib, Roger Southall (2004)
"Thereafter, it declined dramatically to slightly over one-fifth among the 1962-1981 birth cohort. As expected, there has been a dramatic increase in the ..."

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