English Explanatory Dictionary

Cohen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Hebrew. The most popular Jewish surname.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
noun
  1. A Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the Biblical high priest Aaron, brother of Moses.

Pronunciation

/ˈkoʊən/

Word forms

Cohen Cohens cohanim kohen kohein

Etymology

From Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohén, “cohen”).

Related words

Kohen Gadol Levite

Derived words

Camera-Marugo-Cohen syndrome cohencidence cohencidental Cohenian Cohenist Cohen-Macaulay Cohen-Sutherland algorithm Cohen syndrome Hosaka-Cohen transformation
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