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 Co·ha·nim [kaw-hah-, neem, koh-hah-, nim, -, hah, -nim], English Co·hens.

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

/ kɔɪn; kɒˈhɛn /

noun

1. See Kohen
   a variant spelling of Kohen

Cohen

²

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cohen¹

From the Hebrew word kōhēn priest

Example Sentences

In 2012, the Kazakh foreign minister actually thanked Baron Cohen for making the movie.

From The Daily Beast

Cohen thinks maybe some economic populism could work, and that could be true in limited circumstances.

From The Daily Beast

All Cohen needed to do was add “of blessed memory” after each political casualty was mentioned.

From The Daily Beast

The progressive Cohen even sarcastically joked that another congressman was “a communist just like me.”

From The Daily Beast

Like Cohen, many of these casualties were white Democrats from below the Mason-Dixon Line.

From The Daily Beast

There was no priest (cohen); the presbyter was the "elder," nothing more.

From Project Gutenberg

Shortly after their departure, the 'Rachel Cohen', which had been blown away on the 18th, reappeared and again anchored.

From Project Gutenberg

The 'Rachel Cohen' had a severe buffeting, though she was lying on the lee side of the island.

From Project Gutenberg

The end of the month arrived and, on making inquiries, we found that there was no news of the 'Rachel Cohen' having left Hobart.

From Project Gutenberg

Of course, I placed confidence in the statement that the 'Rachel Cohen' would reach the island within that time.

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