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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Conductor \Con*duct"or\ (k[o^]n*d[u^]k"t[~e]r), n. [LL., a carrier, transporter, L., a lessee.] One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director. Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. --Dryden. One in charge of a ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the person who leads a musical group [syn: music director , director ] a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc. a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat [ant: insulator ] the person who collects fares on a public conveyance ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Conductor or conduction may refer to: In physics : Electrical conductor , an object, substance or material allowing the flow of an electric charge Electrical resistivity and conductivity , the movement of charged particles through an electrical conductor ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, "one who leads or guides," from Middle French conductour (14c., Old French conduitor ), from Latin conductor "one who hires, contractor," in Late Latin "a carrier," from conductus , past participle of conducere (see conduce ).\n \nEarlier in same ...

Usage examples of conductor.

Colonies, which went abroad, not only went under the patronage, but under some title of their God: and this Deity was in aftertimes supposed to have been the real conductor.

McDermott has a word with the conductor and offers him a cigarette and when he turns to look back at Alphonse, he points out the window.

Here, again, is another resemblance to the conductor, who can impose his own will on the orchestra, altho he may not be able to play one of the instruments in it, and altho he may be quite incapable of composing.

She, whose heart cried out for the distinction of train-boy, conductor, engineer, brakeman, or fireman, in the order named, had been forced into the only degrading post in the game--a mere passenger without voice or office in those delicate feats of administration.

In 1757 he was appointed Capellmeister to the Bishop of Grosswardein, and in 1762 became conductor, and subsequently leader and organist to Archbishop Sigismund of Salzburg.

Jo and his conductor presently return, and Jo is assisted to his mattress by the careful Phil, to whom, after due administration of medicine by his own hands, Allan confides all needful means and instructions.

At any minute the despatcher on duty can tell you the precise location of any train, what she is doing, how her engine is working, how much work she has to do along the road, and all about her engineer and conductor.

Before we reached Buffalo another chap approached us, and began asking a series of vexing questions, but fortunately the conductor just then happened to come through the car, and we disposed of the inquisitive Fenian by halting the train official and asking him a lot of questions about railway connections for points east, and other matters, of which we knew as much as he did.

A conductor, it caused a flashover that dumped millions of watts into the bird within a millisecond.

He was stepping into a crammed horsecar and waiting for change from the conductor.

The Conductor of the Canadian said that he would radio ahead to Kamloops and both trains would stop there again, when there were multiple tracks, not just the one.

Congress was not limited to the enactment of laws relating to mechanical appliances, but it was also competent to consider, and to endeavor to reduce, the dangers incident to the strain of excessive hours of duty on the part of engineers, conductors, train dispatchers, telegraphers, and other persons embraced within the class defined by the act.

North Carolina has heard the legend of the Maco Light, where it is said the ghost of a decapitated train conductor roams the Maco train trestle, holding his lamp high, searching for his lost head.

The motorman and the conductor had not been home since the morning of the 4th.

There were groups of motormen and conductors here and there, some looking grave and anxious, and some careless and indifferent.