Connor

[ kon-er ]

noun

1. Ralph Charles William Gordon, 1860–1937, Canadian novelist and clergyman.

Example Sentences

“I didn’t expect it at all,” Connor said of the viral response.

From Washington Post

Last year, Connor recorded it with a camera and microphone in a forest in Sweden.

From Washington Post

Since Connor posted the video — just 15 seconds long — on Twitter in June, it has been viewed there 16 million times, garnered 800,000 likes and been shared by more than 200,000 people.

From Washington Post

On Ax-1, López-Alegría and Connor will act as the commander and pilot for the mission, respectively, and lead the flight to the ISS.

From MIT Technology Review

Connor was a terrible character, but I also want to acknowledge the strong fan base he’s grown over the years.

From Washington Post

Connor, at least judging by the events of the first episode, is gay.

From The Daily Beast

America has obviously made tremendous progress since the days of Jim Crow, Bull Connor, and voter intimidation at the polls.

From The Daily Beast

Anonymous My son Connor was stillborn at 39 weeks, just a few days before they were going to induce labor.

From The Daily Beast

Now, five weeks out, Connor is still responding to these tests at about half the speed that he did before the season.

From The Daily Beast

What was less obvious then—and what remains unclear now—is just how long it might take Connor to properly recover from his injury.

From The Daily Beast

Connor MacCormac was perhaps not present, for he afterwards made his peace with the Government and received a pension.

From Project Gutenberg

I give a photograph here of a knife and scabbard that Connor sent me on later.

From Project Gutenberg

Some say it was the fatigue that killed her, but whichever it was, Mrs. Connor was decently buried with her own people.

From Project Gutenberg

Connor, who held the securities, was cleverer than Roeder and not so busy.

From Project Gutenberg

He governed this diocese from 1413 to 1441, when it was united to the See of Connor.

From Project Gutenberg