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

Cohen, the billionaire investor, and Hard Rock have proposed building a casino next to the Mets’ Citi Field in Queens.

From The Wall Street Journal

“If we’re not getting labor growth and productivity gains, the risk of a recession rises,” says Gerald Cohen, chief economist at the Frank H. Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

From Barron's

The congressman — a self-described Bravo fan — is scheduled to appear this week on the cable channel’s “What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.”

From Los Angeles Times

A Democratic member of the committee, Stacey Plaskett, was preparing to question Cohen and was seen on camera texting someone on her phone.

From BBC

Nevin Cohen, an associate professor at CUNY's Urban Food Policy Institute, said Mamdani's plan remains "pretty vague" on basic points like location or even type of store.

From Barron's