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Cochran

noun

United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980). Synonym: Jacqueline Cochran.

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"Cochran" Quotes from Famous Books

... Cochran's man," he answered, without salute, but with the accent of education oddly ...

— Love Under Fire • Randall Parrish

... Cochran, one of the first New Jersey physicians, was a man of wide experience and reputation. He was surgeon in the British hospital during the French War, and afterward practiced medicine in New Brunswick. During the Revolution, he became an army ...

— Stories of New Jersey • Frank Richard Stockton

... keeper of a billiard-room and eating-house, Joseph Cochran, keeper of a restaurant, G. L. Gilbert, late of California, previously a dealer in spirituous liquors, J. G. Smith, wholesale wine and liquor dealer, Henry Gilbert, dealer in ale and liquors, and Daniel Leland, Jr., vinegar manufacturer, had known Mr. Byrnes as a customer several years, ...

— Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave • Various

Words linked to "Cochran" : flyer, airman, aviator, Jacqueline Cochran, flier, aeronaut