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conductress
[ kuhn-duhk-tris ]
noun
- a woman who conducts; a female leader, guide, director, or manager.
- a woman who is employed as a conductor on a bus, train, or other public conveyance.
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Gender Note
What's the difference between conductress and conductor? See -ess.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of conductress1
First recorded in 1615–25; conduct(o)r + -ess
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Example Sentences
Taking the small, trembling hand offered him, Wyat followed his conductress down the passage.
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When Holmes came in sight of them, his treacherous conductress pointed out that in which the sick woman lay.
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In a conversation, however, with our conductress, we could not bring her to admit that mere humanity had anything to do with it.
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Ellen's conductress looked in first through one of the panes, and then opening the door motioned her to enter.
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I forgot myself and my conductress; my spirit and my eyes were wandering among the shining clouds.
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