First Known Use: 15th century
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cohort
noun co·hort \ˈkō-ˌhȯrt\
: a friend or companion
: a group of people used in a study who have something (such as age or social class) in common
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Origin of COHORT
Middle English, from Latin cohort-, cohors — more at court
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
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cohort
noun co·hort \ˈkō-ˌhȯ(ə)rt\
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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