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Cohen

1

[ koh-uhn ]

noun

  1. Morris Raphael, 1880–1947, U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia.
  2. Octav·us Roy [ok-, tav, -, uh, s], 1891–1959, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.


Cohen

2
or Ko·hen

[ koh-uhn; Sephardic Hebrew kaw-henAshkenazic Hebrew koh-heyn, koh-heyn, koin ]

noun

plural Cohanim English Cohens.
  1. a member of the Jewish priestly class, descended from Aaron, having sacrificial, ministerial, and other sacred functions from Aaronic times to about the 1st century a.d. and now having essentially honorific religious duties and prerogatives.

Cohen

1

/ ˈkəʊən /

noun

  1. CohenLeonard1934MCanadianMUSIC: singerMUSIC: songwriterWRITING: poet Leonard. born 1934, Canadian singer, songwriter, and poet; recordings include Songs of Leonard Cohen (1968), Songs of Love and Hate (1971), I'm Your Man (1988), and Ten New Songs (2001)
  2. CohenStanley1922MUSSCIENCE: chemist Stanley. born 1922, US biochemist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1986
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cohen

2

/ kɒˈhɛn; kɔɪn /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Kohen
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Cohen1

From the Hebrew word kōhēn priest
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Example Sentences

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Or, they said, history-minded restaurateurs could purchase the business from the Chrys family with the promise of ensuring its survival, as Marc Rose and Med Abrous did for Fairfax restaurant Genghis Cohen: an operation now undergoing its own land sale and relocation.

Richard Cohen, the journalist husband of broadcaster Meredith Vieira, has died at 76, more than 50 years after an MS diagnosis.

"Vance is a vocal pronatalist," says Rachel Cohen, policy correspondent at Vox.

From BBC

"There's definitely strong influence from pronatalists in the Trump White House," claims Ms Cohen.

From BBC

Adam Cohen, director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, wrote last month on LinkedIn that he was abruptly fired after more than 26 years pursuing “old school mobsters, street gang members, cartel bosses, terrorists” and others for the Justice Department in Washington.

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