conn

See also: Conn and Conn.

English

Etymology

Variant of cond, from Middle English conduen, condien, from French conduire, from Latin conducere, present active infinitive of condūcō (“lead, bring or draw together”), from con- (“with, together”) +‎ duco (“lead”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɑn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒn/
• Homophone: con
• Rhymes: -ɒn

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 she 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.”

Translations

to direct a ship

• Finnish: ohjata laivaa
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} zapovijedat (brodom)