cohort
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noun \ˈkō-ˌhȯrt\Definition of COHORT
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See Examples of COHORT
- The police arrested the gang's leader and his cohorts.
- Depression was a common problem for people in that age cohort.
Origin of COHORT
Middle English, from Latin cohort-, cohors — more at court
First Known Use: 15th century
Related to COHORT
- Synonyms
- associate, companion, compatriot, compeer, comrade, crony, fellow, hobnobber, mate, running mate
Rhymes with COHORT
abort, airport, amort, aport, assort, athwart, backcourt, bellwort, birthwort, bistort, blood sport, Bridgeport, carport, cavort, colewort, comport, consort, contort, crosscourt, deport, disport, distort, downcourt, effort, escort, exhort, export, extort, fall short, figwort, forecourt, for short, free port, frontcourt, glasswort, Gosport, Gulfport, half-court, homeport, home port, in short, jetport, lousewort, lungwort, madwort, milkwort, mugwort, Newport, outport, passport, presort, purport, ragwort, report, re-sort, resort, retort, sandwort, seaport, sell short, Shreveport, spaceport, spearwort, spoilsport, Stockport, support, toothwort, transport
co·hort
noun \ˈkō-ˌhȯ(ə)rt\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of COHORT
: a group of individuals having a statistical factor (as age or risk) in common <the population consisted of two cohorts: 204 clearly exposed and 163 not exposed—R. R. Suskind et al>
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