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
The shades of night had again stolen over the world, when we heard the gentle voice of our conductress calling us; and once more she set out, we following her in Indian file as before.
From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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
I took up the latter and glanced it over in order to pass the time, for my conductress seemed to be in consultation with her father.
From The Seven Secrets by Le Queux, William
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