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Coates

American  
[kohts] / koʊts /

noun

  1. Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.

  2. Joseph Gordon, 1878–1943, New Zealand statesman: prime minister 1925–28.


Coates British  
/ kəʊts /

noun

  1. Joseph Gordon. 1878–1943, New Zealand statesman; prime minister of New Zealand (1925–28)

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At that point during the hearing, Darren Coates - one of Ian's sons - muttered "damn right".

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

“Their relationship is a professional relationship. They don’t do social stuff together,” said Victoria Coates, who was deputy national security adviser for the Middle East and North Africa during Trump’s first term.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

A race-relations pessimist who invokes the ideas of other writers of that ilk—Ta-Nehisi Coates, for instance, and Isabel Wilkerson—he detects in America a “fatigue with the pursuit of equality and inclusion.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Harrison's mother Jane Coates said her daughter, who worked as a buyer for fashion brand Boohoo, was a "real force of life".

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

The first of the Coates shows was televised locally after it had been given heavy publicity over the weekend by the newspapers.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin