Cohort
Cohort , noun
[Latin cohors, prop. an inclosure: compare French cohorte. See Court, n.]
1.
(Rom. Antiquities) 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.
3.
(Botany) A natural group of orders of plants, less comprehensive than a class.