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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. United States journalist (born in England in 1908);
[syn: Cooke, Alistair Cooke, Alfred Alistair Cooke]

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);
[syn: Cooke, Jay Cooke]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Cooke n 1: United States journalist (born in England in 1908) [syn: Cooke, Alistair Cooke, Alfred Alistair Cooke] 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) [syn: Cooke, Jay Cooke]