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COOKE

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• COOKE (noun)
The noun COOKE has 2 senses:

1. United States journalist (born in England in 1908)
2. United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905)

Familiarity information: COOKE used as a noun is rare.

• COOKE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

United States journalist (born in England in 1908)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Alfred Alistair Cooke; Alistair Cooke; Cooke

Instance hypernyms:

journalist (a writer for newspapers and magazines)

Domain region:

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Jay Cooke; Cooke

Instance hypernyms:

financier; moneyman (a person skilled in large scale financial transactions)

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