[koh-uh
n] 
| 1. | Morris Raphael, 1880–1947, U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia. |
| 2. | Octav⋅us Roy [ok-tav-uhs] , 1891–1959, U.S. short-story writer and novelist. |
[koh-uhn; Seph. Heb. kaw-hen Ashk. Heb. koh-heyn, koh-heyn, koin] [Seph. Heb. kaw-hah-neem; Ashk. Heb. koh-hah-nim, -hah-nim] , English. Co⋅hens. | 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 Co·hen (kō'ən), Stanley. Born 1922.
American biochemist. He shared a 1986 Nobel Prize for the discovery of the epidermal growth factor.