Cullen

American  

[kuhl-uhn] / ˈkʌl ən /

noun

1. Countee 1903–46, U.S. poet.

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Cullen British  

/ ˈkʌlən /

noun

1. William Douglas , Baron. born 1935, Scottish judge who conducted public inquiries into the Piper Alpha disaster (1990), the Dunblane school shootings (1996), and the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster (1999); led the tribunal which turned down the appeal (2002) of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi against his conviction for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing

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Example Sentences

“Everybody has tons of questions,” said Cullen Rogers, chief investment officer at Wedbush Fund Advisers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The study was led by the University of Minnesota's Katie Cullen MD, and the imaging method used to measure ATP production in the brain was developed by Professors Xiao Hong Zhu and Wei Chen.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

The performances are first-rate; Claire and Pete, for instance, are imbued by Ms. Richards and Mr. Cullen with a distinctly unstable chemistry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Two weeks later, Lord Cullen published his report.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

To Cullen, he said, “Can I talk to him?”

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara