'Conductor' definitions:
Definition of 'conductor'
(from WordNet)
noun
The person who leads a musical group [syn: conductor, music director, director]
noun
A substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat [ant: dielectric, insulator, nonconductor]
noun
The person who collects fares on a public conveyance
noun
A device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
Definition of 'Conductor'
From: GCIDE
- Conductor \Con*duct"or\ (k[o^]n*d[u^]k"t[~e]r), n. [LL., a carrier, transporter, L., a lessee.]
- 1. One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director. [1913 Webster]
- Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mus.) The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Physics) A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Surg.) A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Arch.) Same as Leader. [1913 Webster]
- Prime conductor (Elec.), the largest conductor of an electrical machine, serving to collect, accumulate, or retain the electricity. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'conductor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- administrator,
- agent,
- baggage man,
- bakehead,
- band leader,
- band major,
- bandmaster,
- bell cow,
- bell mare,
- bellwether,
- bodyguard,
- born leader,
- brakeman,
- brakie,
- butcher,
- cavalier,
- chaperon,
- charismatic leader,
- choirmaster,
- choragus,
- companion,
- conductance,
- conduction,
- conductivity,
- convoy,
- coryphaeus,
- deputy,
- dielectric,
- directeur,
- director,
- dispatcher,
- driver,
- drum major,
- duce,
- duenna,
- electric conduction,
- engineer,
- escort,
- esquire,
- fellow traveler,
- file leader,
- fireman,
- footplate man,
- forerunner,
- fugleman,
- functionary,
- gas conduction,
- governor,
- guard,
- handler,
- impresario,
- inspired leader,
- insulator,
- intendant,
- ionic conduction,
- Kapellmeister,
- leader,
- leader of men,
- lineman,
- liquid conduction,
- Mahdi,
- manager,
- manipulator,
- messiah,
- metallic conduction,
- mho,
- nonconductor,
- operant,
- operative,
- operator,
- orchestra leader,
- pacemaker,
- pacesetter,
- photoconduction,
- pilot,
- porter,
- precentor,
- producer,
- railroad man,
- railroader,
- rector,
- redcap,
- responsible person,
- ringleader,
- runner,
- safe-conduct,
- semiconductor,
- shepherd,
- smoke agent,
- squire,
- standard-bearer,
- stationmaster,
- steersman,
- stoker,
- supercargo,
- superconductivity,
- superconductor,
- swain,
- switchman,
- symphonic conductor,
- torchbearer,
- trainboy,
- trainman,
- trainmaster,
- usher,
- yardman,
- yardmaster