From Japanese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1:
連 /(en)tʃˈaɪniːz(ja)lˈe̞tə/, れん /ɽˈe̞ɴ/
1. (noun (common) (futsuumeishi))
(ateji for "ream"; also written as 嗹)
two reams (of paper), 1000 sheets of paper
2. (also written as 聯)
stanza, verse
3. [biology term] tribe (in taxonomy)
4. 連勝式
Note: abbreviationquinella, quiniela
5. (noun, used as a suffix)
party, company, group, set
6. (counter)
(also written as 聯)
counter for things strung in a line, e.g. pearls, dried fish, spans of a bridge, etc.
7.
Note: obsolete termcounter for falcons
From Japanese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1:
連 /(en)tʃˈaɪniːz(ja)lˈe̞tə/, むらじ /mɯᵝɽˈädʑi/
(noun (common) (futsuumeishi))
Note: archaismMuraji (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to seventh highest of eight)