Usage Notes. A cohort was originally one of the ten divisions of a legion in the Roman army, containing from 300 to 600 men. The most common use of cohort today is in the sense âgroupâ or âcompanyâ: A cohort of hangers-on followed the singer down the corridor.sage Notes. A cohort was originally one of the ten divisions of a legion in the Roman army, containing from 300 to 600 men. The most common use of cohort today is in the sense âgroupâ or âcompanyâ: A cohort of hangers-on followed the singer down the corridor.
Palindromes redirects here. For the film, see Palindromes (film). A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward or forward, such as madam or kayak.
9 Words Created by Spelling Other Words Backwards. âSemordnilapâ is a word playfully coined by word-game lovers some time in the mid 20th century. While a palindrome reads the same way backwards or forwards (otto, kayak), a semordnilap (itself a semordnilap of âpalindromesâ) makes a completely different word when spelled backwards.