Sentence:  Coyness and caprice have in consequence become a heritage of the sex, together with a <WSD>cohort</WSD> of allied weaknesses and petty deceits, that men have come to think venial, and even amiable, in women, but which they would not tolerate among themselves. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A group of people supporting the same thing or person.