conn

[ kon ]

verb (used with object)
noun
  1. responsibility for the steering of a ship.

Origin of conn

1
First recorded in 1800–10

Other definitions for Conn. (2 of 2)

Conn.

abbreviation

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How to use conn in a sentence

  • Mill for the manufacture of glazed hardware paper at Hemington, conn.

    The Arena | Various
  • Prof. conn, an evolutionist, admits the presence of many facts disclosed by geology which oppose the theory of Evolution.

    The Other Side of Evolution | Alexander Patterson
  • The abortive organ is one of the difficulties of the theory which Darwin admitted, and Prof. conn tells us, is not yet answered.

    The Other Side of Evolution | Alexander Patterson
  • Outside a little round window was the whole big ocean and beneath him slept a man from Hartford, conn.

    Bunker Bean | Harry Leon Wilson
  • conn ceud catha, conn of the hundred battles, King of Ireland.

British Dictionary definitions for conn (1 of 3)

conn

/ (kɒn) /


verb, noun
  1. a variant spelling (esp US) of con 4

British Dictionary definitions for Conn (2 of 3)

Conn

/ (kɒn) /


noun
  1. 2nd century ad, king of Leinster and high king of Ireland

British Dictionary definitions for Conn. (3 of 3)

Conn.

abbreviation for
  1. Connecticut

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