Cohort

Zell's Condensed Dictionary · 1879 · p. 11

(kõhört.) [L. cohors.] (Rom. Hist.) A military body among the anc. Romans, consisting of the 10th of a legion, or from 300 to 600 men. The Prætori an C. was abo dy of picked troops who attended the general: it was first formed by Scipio African us. [s. 203]