conn

¹

[ kon ]

verb (used with object)

1. con ⁶( def 1 ).

noun

1. responsibility for the steering of a ship.
2. con ⁶( defs 2, 3 ).

Conn.

²

abbreviation for

1. Connecticut ( def 1 ).

Conn.

¹

abbreviation for

1. Connecticut

conn

²

/ kɒn /

verb

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

Conn

³

/ kɒn /

noun

1. Conn2nd century2nd centuryMIrishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 2nd century ad , king of Leinster and high king of Ireland

Word History and Origins

Origin of conn¹

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

“I don’t think you’re an actor,” he said to the mother suing him, who lost her son in the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

From Washington Post

Gretzky, Marty McSorley’s illegal stick, Patrick Roy wins the Conn Smythe.

From FiveThirtyEight

The rescheduled ceremony will take place May 15 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.

From Washington Post

His wife, Anna Zubkova, is running as a Democrat for a probate judge seat in Plainfield, Conn.

From The Daily Beast

Last year, Chappelle spent an evening on the Oddball Comedy Tour in Hartford, Conn., being heckled and booed off stage.

From The Daily Beast

But it arguably scored an emotionally more important win in Bridgeport, Conn., where it took over the school board.

From The Daily Beast

Authorities identified the woman as Miriam Carey, a dental hygenist from Stamford, Conn.

From The Daily Beast

Oceanfront land is also the main selling point for Copper Beach Farm, the 50-acre property for sale in Greenwich, Conn.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

Prof. Conn, an evolutionist, admits the presence of many facts disclosed by geology which oppose the theory of Evolution.

From Project Gutenberg

The abortive organ is one of the difficulties of the theory which Darwin admitted, and Prof. Conn tells us, is not yet answered.

From Project Gutenberg

Outside a little round window was the whole big ocean and beneath him slept a man from Hartford, Conn.

From Project Gutenberg

Conn ceud catha, Conn of the hundred battles, King of Ireland.

From Project Gutenberg