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noun

Conductor n.

One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director. "Zeal, the blind conductor of the will."

One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car. (U. S.)

(Mus.) The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.

(Physics) A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.

(Surg.) A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.

(Arch.) Same as Leader.

Prime conductor (Elec.), the largest conductor of an electrical machine, serving to collect, accumulate, or retain the electricity.

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"Conductor" Quotes from Famous Books

... Broadway, he narrowly escapes collision with an electric car. From the irritated conductor comes: ...

— Oswald Langdon - or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 • Carson Jay Lee

... was allowed to ride inside, every fifth car being reserved for their use, she saw a frail-looking and scantily-dressed colored woman, standing on the platform in the rain. The day was bitter cold, and Mrs. Mott begged the conductor to allow her to come inside. "The company's orders must be obeyed," was the reply. Whereupon the slight Quaker lady of seventy walked out and stood beside the colored woman. It would never do to have the famous Mrs. Mott seen in the rain on his car; so the conductor, ...

— Lives of Girls Who Became Famous • Sarah Knowles Bolton

... the door of the principal cottage a man and a woman, together with two large Newfoundland dogs, the deep baying of which I had for some time heard. A yelping terrier or two, which had joined the concert, were silent at the presence of my conductor, and began to whine, jump up, and fawn upon him. The female drew back when she beheld a stranger; the man, who had a lighted lantern, advanced, and, without any observation, received the horse from my host, and led him, doubtless, to stable, while I followed my conductor into ...

— Redgauntlet • Sir Walter Scott

... he drew out a dime, and tendered it in payment of the double fare. The money was in the conductor's hand before ...

— Adrift in New York - Tom and Florence Braving the World • Horatio Alger

... rounded another corner, and came in sight of the railroad station. There stood their train, and the conductor ...

— Baseball Joe Around the World - Pitching on a Grand Tour • Lester Chadwick

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