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Definition of 'conn'English
Noun
( en-noun)
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
( en-verb)
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,
*:“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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