conductress
Americannoun
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a woman who conducts; a female leader, guide, director, or manager.
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a woman who is employed as a conductor on a bus, train, or other public conveyance.
Gender
What's the difference between conductress and conductor? See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of conductress
First recorded in 1615–25; conduct(o)r + -ess
Example Sentences
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During World War Two she moved to Glasgow to work as a conductress on the trams and survived the Clydebank blitz.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2021
"Really good performances, a credit to conductress and players alike," said the News Chronicle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Disguised in female attire and aided by a passport obtained by the devoted Flora Macdonald, he passed through Skye and parted from his gallant conductress at Portree.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various
Our conductress stopped when she heard our exclamations, and also looked towards the sea.
From In the Eastern Seas by William Henry Giles Kingston
I was astonished, and felt my curiosity rise as high as my conductress might desire.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various
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