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Cobham

American  
[kob-uhm] / ˈkɒb əm /

noun

  1. Sir John. Oldcastle, Sir John.


Cobham British  
/ ˈkɒbəm /

noun

  1. title of Sir John Oldcastle See Oldcastle

"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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The group has in recent years acquired the likes of cybersecurity firm Imperva and British cockpit-systems maker Cobham Aerospace, the latter for some $1.1 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

In academy circles Ngumoha has been the talk of English football for the last five years or so having excelled in Chelsea's Cobham academy.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

"The most usual place we find these happening is at Cobham or Clacket Lane services," Det Ch Insp Ansell said.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2025

"A man in his 20s from Cobham was stopped by officers on Fairmile Lane in Cobham on Friday, April 4 and found to be driving without a licence," said a Surrey Police spokesman.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

Lady Cobham presents," but a pen was run through the words, and it ran,— "Dear Dr. Dill,—If a short notice will not inconvenience you, will you and your daughter dine here to-day at seven?

From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James