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conductor.

One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kənˈdʌktɚ/
  1. One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.

  2. A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.

  3. A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers.

    train conductor
    tram conductor
  4. Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.

  5. An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed

  6. A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.

  7. A leader.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.