- a variation of Cohen.
Kohen
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Kohen
from Hebrew, literally: priest
Example Sentences
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More than a year after Viktoriia's filming, her mother Olena rang Oleh, who seems to go by Alex Kohen online, to find out.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025
There are only 49 seats, all held by part-time, citizen-lawmakers who tend to use everyday language in their debates, Kohen said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 10, 2023
Kohen Granier was 15-of-27 passing for 106 yards with an interception for Nicholls.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 3, 2022
"When I moved to Nebraska in 2007, the university was universally beloved," Kohen explained in a long Twitter thread.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2021
Hila raised her hands as if she were a Kohen about to give the priestly blessing, her fingers tight around the ring and splayed in the familiar V shape.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Poets also celebrate street-sweepers, scavengers, lamp-lighters, laborers, and above all, paupers, and pass by as unworthy of notice the authors, Meleks, and Kohens of the land.
From A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by De Mille, James
Through his assistance many Athons and Kohens and Meleks had become artisans laborers, and even paupers; but all were bound by him to the strictest secrecy.
From A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by De Mille, James
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