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CONRAD

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Overview

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)play

  Familiarity information: CONRAD used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


CONRAD (noun)


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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