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O'CONNOR
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• O'CONNOR (noun)
The noun O'CONNOR has 1 sense:
1. United States writer (1925-1964)
Familiarity information: O'CONNOR used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States writer (1925-1964)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Flannery O'Connor; Mary Flannery O'Connor; O'Connor
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Context examples
Part of the Shingopana skeleton was excavated in 2002 by scientists affiliated with the Rukwa Rift Basin Project, an international effort led by Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine researchers Patrick O'Connor and Nancy Stevens.
(Paleontologists discover new species of sauropod dinosaur in Tanzania, National Science Foundation)
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