conductor
Pronunciation: /kənˈdʌktɚ/
The English word “conductor” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
- A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
- A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers.
- Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.
- An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed
- A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
- A leader.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor.
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