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Conn

//kɑn// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Connecticut. abbreviation, alt-of
Noun
  1. 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
  1. 1
    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 (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction). transitive

    "The pilot conned the ship safely into the harbor."

  2. 2
    conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Variant of cond, from Middle English conduen, condien, from Anglo-Norman conduire, from Latin condūcō (“lead, bring or draw together”), from con- (“with, together”) + dūcō (“lead”). Doublet of conduce.

Etymology 2

Variant of cond, from Middle English conduen, condien, from Anglo-Norman conduire, from Latin condūcō (“lead, bring or draw together”), from con- (“with, together”) + dūcō (“lead”). Doublet of conduce.

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