English noun: Cooke | |||
1. | Cooke (person) United States journalist (born in England in 1908) | ||
Synonyms | Alfred Alistair Cooke, Alistair Cooke | ||
Instance hypernym | journalist | ||
Domain region | England | ||
2. | Cooke (person) 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) | ||
Synonyms | Jay Cooke | ||
Instance hypernym | financier, moneyman | ||