Cohen

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkəʊən/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kōən; Seph. Heb. kô hen Ashk. Heb. kō hān, kōhān, koin)



WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Co•hen  (kōən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical Morris Raphael, 1880–1947, U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia.
Octav•us Roy  (ok tavəs),USA pronunciation 1891–1959, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
Co•hen  (kōən; Seph. Heb. kô hen Ashk. Heb. kō hān, kōhān, koin),USA pronunciation n., pl. Co•ha•nim (Seph. Heb. kô hä nēm; Ashk. Heb. kō hä nim, -hänim),USA pronunciation [Eng.] Co•hens. 
  1. Judaisma 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.
Also, Kohen. 
  • Hebrew kōhēn priest

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Cohen /ˈkəʊən/ n
  1. Leonard. 1934–2016, 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. 1922–2020, US biochemist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1986
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