"COBRA" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} COBRA
  1. (UK politics) Initialism of Cabinet Office Briefing Room A. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Cabinet Office Briefing Room A Categories (topical): UK politics
    Sense id: en-COBRA-en-name-97E-yFO9 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks Topics: government, politics
  2. (UK politics, by extension) Acronym of Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms. Tags: UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, broadly Alternative form of: Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms Categories (topical): UK politics Synonyms: COBR, Cobra
    Sense id: en-COBRA-en-name-R7CJTNSz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 29 29 17 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 33 23 19 19 Topics: government, politics
  3. (US, law) Initialism of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, especially the provision that allows some employees to continue their group-based health insurance after leaving a job; also, health insurance obtained under this law. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (extra: especially the provision that allows some employees to continue their group-based health insurance after leaving a job; also, health insurance obtained under this law) Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-COBRA-en-name-dvNwAySr Categories (other): American English, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 29 29 17 16 Topics: law

Noun

Forms: COBRAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} COBRA (plural COBRAs)
  1. (UK politics, by extension) A cabinet committee meeting that would use a COBR room Tags: UK, broadly Categories (topical): UK politics
    Sense id: en-COBRA-en-noun-bIrIOhQP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 29 29 17 16 Topics: government, politics
  2. (UK politics, by extension) A cabinet committee that would meet using a COBR room Tags: UK, broadly Categories (topical): UK politics
    Sense id: en-COBRA-en-noun-ZmSgteqz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 29 29 17 16 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cobra

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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