conductress

American  

[kuhn-duhk-tris] / kənˈdʌk trɪs /

noun

1. a woman who conducts; a female leader, guide, director, or manager.

2. a woman who is employed as a conductor on a bus, train, or other public conveyance.

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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

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

Phyllis stood directly below a flaring gas-jet, as she turned to wait for their conductress.

From Old Valentines A Love Story by Havens, Munson Aldrich

The duke, still guided by his conductress, who held his hand, reached a staircase built in the thick wall, and opening by a secret and invisible door into the antechamber of Marguerite's apartment.

From Marguerite de Valois by Dumas père, Alexandre