Cohen

¹ American  

[koh-uhn] / ˈkoʊ ən /

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.

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Cohen ² American  

[koh-uhn, kaw-hen, koh-heyn, koh-heyn, koin] / ˈkoʊ ən, kɔˈhɛn, koʊˈheɪn, ˈkoʊ heɪn, kɔɪn /

Or Kohen

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.

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Cohen ¹ British  

/ 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

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Cohen ² British  

/ kɒˈhɛn, kɔɪn /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Kohen

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Etymology

Origin of Cohen

From the Hebrew word kōhēn priest

Example Sentences

In his first May as coach, with limited time to build his roster, Musselman and his staff hung their hopes on Massachusetts center Josh Cohen, who proved to be a liability on both ends.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

This possibility comes from new computer simulations conducted by Carnegie scientists Cong Liu and Ronald Cohen.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

Palos Verdes 1, Mira Costa 0: Jonah Cohen threw the shutout striking out six with no walks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

“It’s pretty insane to watch a room full of industry people rush the stage,” said Emily Cohen Belote, the global head of country programming at Amazon Music, who was in the crowd.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

What Cohen and Nisbett were seeing in that long hall was the culture of honor in action: the southerners were reacting like Wix Howard did when Little Bob Turner accused him of cheating at poker.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell