Conrad

American

[kon-rad] / ˈkɒn ræd /

noun

Charles, Jr. Pete, 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
Joseph Teodor Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski, 1857–1924, English novelist and short-story writer, born in Poland.
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “bold” and “counsel.”

Conrad British

/ ˈkɒnræd /

noun

Joseph. real name Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski. 1857–1924, British novelist born in Poland, noted for sea stories such as The Nigger of the Narcissus (1897) and Lord Jim (1900) and novels of politics and revolution such as Nostromo (1904) and Under Western Eyes (1911)

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Key adjustments: Conrad also used several AI tools to revise, and revise again, the “about” section of his profile.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

But Steve Conrad had a beautiful economy about what he was shooting, and he would storyboard.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Courts Director Robert Conrad will testify before an appropriations subcommittee this summer; members should question him about workplace conduct.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

Conrad leans in confidentially: “I have been asked if that’s really Dave doing the pommel horse, and my answer is, ‘I don’t know.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Conrad and I were so tired of looking at grown-up furniture and being told not to touch it or sit on it.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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