Definition of Cohan

1. Noun. United States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Cohan

Coeur d'Alene
Coeus
Coffea
Coffea arabica
Coffea canephora
Coffea liberica
Coffea robusta
Coffey still
Coffey suspension
Coffin-Lowry syndrome
Coffin-Siris syndrome
Cogan's syndrome
Cogan-Reese syndrome
Cognac
Cognos
Cohan
Cohen
Cohenian
Cohn
Cohnheim's area
Cohnheim's field
Cohnheim's theory
Coigue
Coimbatore
Coiter's muscle
Coke
Cokelore
Cokes
Col.
Col V

Literary usage of Cohan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Problems of the Playwright by Clayton Meeker Hamilton (1917)
"THE GEORGE M. cohan SCHOOL OF PLAYWRIGHTS ANYBODY who is seriously interested in the development of a native drama in America must devote particular ..."

2. The British and American Drama of To-day: Outlines for Their Study by Barrett Harper Clark (1915)
"GEORGE M. cohan George M. cohan, actor, manager, ... cohan can draw types, invent capital situations, but he has yet to prove that he can construct a ..."

3. Some Players: Personal Sketches by Lillie (West) Brown [Buck, Amy Leslie (1899)
"With cultivation and liberty, contact and such fructifying influences as develop native wit, and a gift of seeing things under varied lights, George cohan ..."

4. How Motion Pictures are Made by Homer Croy (1918)
"GEORGE M. cohan WITH ARMS FOLDED The stenographer takes down notes as the course of the play is decided on. its fancy. As a result many unusual films were ..."

5. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by Gerhard Richard Lomer, John William Cunliffe (1915)
"It is an inevitable development, is slightly conventionalized, and could and just because Mr. cohan is imbued hardly have fooled the inhabitants of with the ..."

6. Efficient Composition: A College Rhetoric by Arthur Huntington Nason (1917)
"THE QUINTESSENCE OF GEORGE M. cohan The Problem Play is not, as many people suppose, ... cohan has been hailed as the standard-bearer of Young America. ..."

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