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Webster 1913 Edition


Conn

Conn

(kŏn)
,
Verb.
T.
See
Con
, to direct a ship.

Definition 2024


Conn

Conn

See also: conn and Conn.

Irish

Proper noun

Conn m (genitive Choinn)

  1. A male given name used in Ireland.
  2. (historical) Conn Céadchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles), a semi-mythical medieval High King of Ireland

Derived terms

  • Cró Choinn (Conn's fold) (name for Ireland)
  • Connachta (Connacht) (one of the five traditional provinces of Ireland)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Conn Chonn gConn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kon͈/

Proper noun

Conn m

  1. A male given name used in Ireland.
  2. (historical) Conn Cétchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles), a semi-mythical medieval High King of Ireland

Derived terms

  • Connachta (Connacht) (one of the five traditional provinces of Ireland)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
Conn Chonn Conn
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

conn

conn

See also: Conn and Conn.

English

Noun

conn (plural conns)

  1. The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."
    The officer of the deck has the conn of the vessel; the captain took the conn when he reached the bridge.

Verb

conn (third-person singular simple present conns, present participle conning, simple past and past participle conned)

  1. (transitive) To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.
    The pilot conned the ship safely into the harbor.
    • 1724, Daniel Defoe, Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress, chapter 8
      “Ay,” says I, “you’ll allow me to steer, that is, hold the helm, but you’ll conn the ship, as they call it; that is, as at sea, a boy serves to stand at the helm, but he that gives him the orders is pilot.”

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