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Bok

American  
[bok] / bɒk /

noun

  1. Edward William, 1863–1930, U.S. editor and writer, born in the Netherlands.


Bok British  
/ bɒk /

noun

  1. short for Springbok

"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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Bok, a mystically inclined author as well as artist, combined hallucinatory forms with imaginative fidelity to the texts he illustrated.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

Scotland looked to have broken through when Sione Tuipulotu and Jordan put Ben White through the Bok defence and all the way to the posts, but it was brought back for a knock-on earlier on.

From BBC Nov. 10, 2024

Mr. Raghavendran, who holds three Penn degrees, including from Wharton, was named following the resignation of Scott L. Bok, an ally of Ms. Magill.

From New York Times Jan. 29, 2024

Some regions of the nebula, known as Bok globules, can withstand the fierce bombardment from the ultraviolet radiation pervading this region.

From Science Daily Dec. 21, 2023

Justice Bok sent me a copy of his controversial speech at Radcliffe.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

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