See Also: chuff(1)(dictionary)
chuff(2)(dictionary)
chuff(3)(dictionary)
chuff(4)(dictionary)

cohort (iou) and chuff(1) (iou)


cohort (iou)



cohort noun. LME.
[Old French cohorte or Latin cohors, -hort- enclosure, company, crowd, formed as CO- + hort- as in hortus Garden.]
Roman History. A body of infantry of the Roman army, ten of which made up a legion; a body of auxiliary troops or (later) of cavalry of similar strength. LME.
A similar division of any Other army; a band of warriors. E16.
A company, a band, esp. of people united in some common purpose. E18.
b. A group of people having a common statistical characteristic, esp. that of being born in the same year. M20.
A taxonomic grouping ranking above superorder and below subclass. Formerly, a grouping above order but of no fixed rank. M19.
An assistant, a colleague, an accomplice. Chiefly N. Amer. M20.

chuff(1) (iou)



chuff noun1 & adjective1. Now dial. LME.
[Origin unkn.]
A. noun. A rustic, a boor; a churlish person; a miser; gen. a person of the specified unpleasant kind. LME.
b. adjective. Surly, gruff, morose. L18.
chuffy adjective1 = CHUFF adjective1 E18.