NOUN | person | Cooke, Alistair Cooke, Alfred Alistair Cooke | United States journalist (born in England in 1908) |
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person | Cooke, Jay Cooke | United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War |
Sounds | kuh'k | |
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Rhymes | book / Book ... yearbook: 43 rhymes with uhk... |
Meaning | United States journalist (born in England in 1908). | |
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Synonyms | Alistair Cooke, Alfred Alistair Cooke | |
Instance of | journalist | A writer for newspapers and magazines |
Region | England | A division of the United Kingdom |
Spanish | Alfred Alistair Cooke, Alistair Cooke | |
Catalan | Alistair Cooke |
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). | |
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Synonym | Jay Cooke | |
Instance of | financier, moneyman | A person skilled in large scale financial transactions |
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