Cohen

¹

[koh-uhn]

noun

1. Morris Raphael, 1880–1947, U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia.

2. Octavus Roy 1891–1959, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.

Cohen

²

Or Ko·hen

[koh-uhn, kaw-hen, koh-heyn, koh-heyn, koin]

noun

plural

Cohanim ,

plural

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. 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. Stanley. born 1922, US biochemist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1986

Cohen

²

/ kɒˈhɛn, kɔɪn /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Kohen

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cohen¹

From the Hebrew word kōhēn priest

Example Sentences

In a lawsuit filed Thursday in the Southern District of New York, Palantir alleged that Radha Jain and Joanna Cohen violated their non-competition agreements after leaving the company and working on a “copycat” business—Percepta—owned by the venture-capital firm General Catalyst.

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Palantir, a data-analysis firm co-founded by Alex Karp and Peter Thiel, further alleged that Cohen stole a set of highly confidential documents before departing.

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General Catalyst, Jain and Cohen didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

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While employed at Palantir, Jain and Cohen had access to its “crown jewels”—including its source code, internal workspace and customer workflows, the company said.

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“Palantir had every expectation that Jain and Cohen would honor their commitments,” the company said in its complaint.

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