ductor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ductor
1540–50; < Latin: guide, equivalent to duc- (variant stem of dūcere to lead) + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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Since nobody wants him for a competitor, the composers tell him he ought to be a full-time con ductor, and the conductors tell him he ought to be a full-time composer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Behmen sets about his task as a ductor dubitantium in a masterly manner.
From Jacob Behmen an appreciation by Whyte, Alexander
Alas, Eusebius, that any thing should take the name of this nice sense that is not replete with goodness, that is not the true ductor substantium!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various
Naucrates ductor, a member of the Scomber family, the attendant on the shark.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
Our friend Gratian, Eusebius, made no matter of conscience of this fibbing—did not hesitate—wanted no "ductor dubitantium"—as he told it to us.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various
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