Tenth+of+a+legion

  • 11Tarzan and the Foreign Legion — infobox Book | name = Tarzan and the Foreign Legion title orig = translator = image caption = Dust jacket illustration by John Coleman Burroughs for Tarzan and the Foreign Legion author = Edgar Rice Burroughs illustrator = John Coleman Burroughs… …

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  • 12ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction       the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …

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  • 13cohort — A Roman military unit of 600 soldiers, a tenth of a legion, commanded by tribunes. Paul was in the charge of a centurion who belonged to the Augustan cohort (Acts 27:1) …

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  • 14cohort — co·hort || kəʊhɔːt n. group, gang; one tenth of a legion; companion, friend …

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  • 15cohorts — co·hort || kəʊhɔːt n. group, gang; one tenth of a legion; companion, friend …

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  • 16cohort — [ kəʊhɔ:t] noun 1》 [treated as sing. or plural] an ancient Roman military unit, comprising six centuries, equal to one tenth of a legion. 2》 [treated as sing. or plural] a group of people with a shared characteristic. 3》 a supporter or companion …

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  • 17cohort — n. 1. Tenth of a legion. 2. [In pl., usually poetic.] Bands, battalions, squadrons, lines …

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  • 18cohort — A cohort (cohors) of the Roman army was an infantry unit equivalent to one tenth of a legion, and typically consisted of about 500 soldiers. In the plural it has often been used as a literary word for ‘army’, as in Byron s reference to… …

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  • 19cohort — ► NOUN 1) an ancient Roman military unit, comprising six centuries and equal to one tenth of a legion. 2) a number of people banded together or treated as a group. 3) derogatory, chiefly N. Amer. a supporter or companion. ORIGIN Latin cohors yard …

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  • 20cohort — [kō′hôrt΄] n. [ME < L cohors, enclosure, enclosed company, hence, retinue, crowd < co ,CO + IE * ĝhṛtis, a gathering < base * ĝher , to grasp, enclose > YARD2] 1. an ancient Roman military unit of 300 600 men, constituting one tenth… …

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