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

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

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

When Holmes came in sight of them, his treacherous conductress pointed out that in which the sick woman lay.

From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis