Band of warriors (6)
I believe the answer is:
cohort
'band of warriors' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for cohort that I've seen before include "One tenth of a Roman legion" , "Ancient Roman military unit" , "Group with a shared characteristic - unit of Roman legion" , "Group of people with a shared characteristic, age say" , "team of soldiers" .)