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conn

  [kon]
Use Conn in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. con 3 (def. 1).
–noun
2. responsibility for the steering of a ship.
3. con 3 (defs. 2, 3).
Origin:
1800–10

Conn.

 
Connecticut (def. 1).

con

3  [kon] verb, conned, con⋅ning, noun Nautical
–verb (used with object)
1. to direct the steering of (a ship).
–noun
2. the station of the person who cons.
3. the act of conning.
Also, conn.

Origin:
1350–1400; earlier cond, apocopated var. of ME condie, condue < MF cond(u)ire < L condūcere to conduct
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con 3 or conn   (kŏn)   
tr.v.   conned, con·ning, cons or conns
To direct the steering or course of (a vessel).
n.  

  1. The station or post of the person who steers a vessel.

  2. The act or process of steering a vessel.


[From cond, from Middle English conduen, from Old French conduire, from Latin condūcere, to lead together; see conduce.]
conn   (kŏn)   
v.   & n. Nautical
Variant of con3.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
con

  1. n.
    a convict. : Is that guy in the gray pajamas one of the escaped cons?
  2. n.
    a confidence scheme. : They pulled a real con on the old lady.
  3. tv.
    to swindle or deceive someone. : Don't try to con me. I know the score.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

con  (1)
"negation" (mainly in pro and con), 1572, short for L. contra "against."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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