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cohens

cohens is the plural of cohen.

Meaning of cohen

Noun

cohen (plural cohens or cohanim)

  1. A Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the Biblical high priest Aaron, brother of Moses.

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Proper noun (1) capitalized: Cohens

Cohens (plural Cohenses)

  1. A surname from Hebrew.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Cohens

Cohens

  1. (plural) plural of Cohen

Forms of cohens

pluralCohenses

Origin of cohens

Probably from Cohen, with the addition of the patronymic suffix -s.

Questions about cohens

What does cohens mean?
Cohens means a surname from Hebrew.
What is cohens the plural of?
Cohens is the plural of cohen.
What part of speech is cohens?
Cohens is a proper noun.

Words near cohens in the dictionary

  1. Cohenistic
  2. cohenite
  3. Cohenites
  4. Cohenour
  5. Cohenours
  6. cohens
  7. Cohenses
  8. coherald
  9. coheralds
  10. cohere
  11. cohered

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cohens (page history and authors); Cohens (page history and authors); cohen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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