Cohn
noun
1.
German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants
Origin
From German Kohn, from Konrad (“Conrad”). Popularized among Jews because of the phonetic similarity with Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohén, “priest”). Compare Cohen.
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