| Noun | 1. | Cooke - United States journalist (born in England in 1908) Synonyms: Alfred Alistair Cooke, Alistair Cooke |
| 2. | Cooke - United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905) Synonyms: Jay Cooke |