O'Connor

American  

[oh-kon-er] / oʊˈkɒn ər /

noun

1. Flannery Mary Flannery O'Connor, 1925–64, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

2. Frank Michael Francis O'Donovan, 1903–66, Irish writer.

3. John Joseph, Cardinal, 1920–2000, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: archbishop of New York 1984–2000.

4. Sandra Day, 1930–2023, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1981–2006 and first woman appointed to that position.

5. Thomas Power, 1848–1929, Irish journalist, author, and political leader.

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O'Connor British  

/ əʊˈkɒnə /

noun

1. Feargus. 1794–1855, Irish politician and journalist, a leader of the Chartist movement

2. ( Mary ) Flannery. 1925–64, US novelist and short-story writer, author of Wise Blood (1952) and The Violent Bear it Away (1960)

3. Frank, real name Michael O'Donovan. 1903–66, Irish short-story writer and critic

4. Thomas Power, known as Tay Pay. 1848–1929, Irish journalist and nationalist leader

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“That rate risk was real and actually, whoever played that game won, because rates did stay flat,” said Alan Kufeld, a partner at advisory firm PKF O’Connor Davies in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Whether O’Connor owns her take on Parton as wholly as she does Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” is debatable.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

His homespun tongue, spiked with horror and humor, echoes Flannery O’Connor and Emily Dickinson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Kate O'Connor said her late grandmother "would have been jumping for joy" as the Ireland athlete won gold in the heptathlon at the European Championships in Birmingham.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

One of my new hires was Michael O'Connor, a recent Yale Law School graduate with a passion for helping people in trouble that had been kindled by his own struggles earlier in life.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson