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• CONRAD (noun)
The noun CONRAD has 1 sense:
1. English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924)
Familiarity information: CONRAD used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Conrad; Joseph Conrad; Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Context examples
"There's only one man who could touch it," he murmured aloud, "and that's Conrad. And it ought to make even him sit up and shake hands with me, and say, 'Well done, Martin, my boy.'"
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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