conductressn.

Brit.

/kənˈdʌktrᵻs/, U.S.

/kənˈdəktrəs/

Etymology: feminine of conductor n.: compare French conducteresse (15th cent.): see -ess suffix¹.

a. A female conductor, leader, or guide.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who guides > female

guideressc1374

conduiressec1430

conductricea1513

conductressc1639

society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > one who guides or leads > female

conductressc1639

c1639 T. Dekker & J. Ford Sun's-darling (1656) iv. 34 Be my conductresse, I'le flie this place in secret.

1827 T. Moore Epicurean (1839) x. 90 I felt the pace of my conductress quicken.

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. viii. 116 My young conductress locked the gate.

figurative.1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. i. iv Theology is the best conductress.1809 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 27 456 Can't advance further than his conductress Providence permits.

†b. A female carrier. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > [noun] > one who transports or conveys > female

conductress1772

1772 Town & Country Mag. 123 The conductress of the parcel.

2. A female manager or director. †Formerly, also, a woman who conducted the education and ‘breeding’ of any one, a governess.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > professional teacher > governess

mistressc1330

schoolmistress1335

governoressc1422

tutrice1490

tutrix1515

gouvernante1579

tutress1599

tutoress1614

directrice1631

duenna1641

under-governess1669

governess1673

conductress1760

Mam'sellec1794

directress1801

nursery governess1814

mademoiselle1861

finishing governess1862

fräulein1883

govy1899

miss1924

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > girl or woman

woman of business1677

conductress1760

businesswoman1827

business girl1840

1760 S. Foote Minor iii. 79 The mistress..profess'd the same principles with my infamous conductress.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 44 Your aunt is not the sole conductress of this machine.

1801 M. Edgeworth Mlle Panache ii, in Moral Tales III. 166 The baleful influence of lady Augusta's attendant and conductress.

1861 tr. Humboldt in Sat. Rev. 18 May 513 I receive letters..from aspiring poets..conductresses of benevolent institutions.

3. A female bus- or tram-conductor (cf. conductor n. 7).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > public transport employees > conductor on public transport > female

conductress1883

1883 H. James En Province in Atlantic Monthly Nov. 631/1 A kind of bastard tramcar,..under the supervision not of a conductor, but of a conductress.

1917 Flight 25 Jan. 88/2 I had occasion to board a 'bus, and noticed that the conductress had decorated herself up to the highest degree.

1943 Times 7 Sept. 6/7 The bus started without any signal from the conductress.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	conductress
释义	conductressn. Brit. /kənˈdʌktrᵻs/, U.S. /kənˈdəktrəs/ Etymology: feminine of conductor n.: compare French conducteresse (15th cent.): see -ess suffix¹. 1. a. A female conductor, leader, or guide. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who guides > female guideressc1374 conduiressec1430 conductricea1513 conductressc1639 society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > one who guides or leads > female conductressc1639 c1639 T. Dekker & J. Ford Sun's-darling (1656) iv. 34 Be my conductresse, I'le flie this place in secret. 1827 T. Moore Epicurean (1839) x. 90 I felt the pace of my conductress quicken. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. viii. 116 My young conductress locked the gate. figurative.1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. i. iv Theology is the best conductress.1809 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 27 456 Can't advance further than his conductress Providence permits. †b. A female carrier. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [noun] > one who transports or conveys > female conductress1772 1772 Town & Country Mag. 123 The conductress of the parcel. 2. A female manager or director. †Formerly, also, a woman who conducted the education and ‘breeding’ of any one, a governess. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > professional teacher > governess mistressc1330 schoolmistress1335 governoressc1422 tutrice1490 tutrix1515 gouvernante1579 tutress1599 tutoress1614 directrice1631 duenna1641 under-governess1669 governess1673 conductress1760 Mam'sellec1794 directress1801 nursery governess1814 mademoiselle1861 finishing governess1862 fräulein1883 govy1899 miss1924 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > girl or woman woman of business1677 conductress1760 businesswoman1827 business girl1840 1760 S. Foote Minor iii. 79 The mistress..profess'd the same principles with my infamous conductress. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 44 Your aunt is not the sole conductress of this machine. 1801 M. Edgeworth Mlle Panache ii, in Moral Tales III. 166 The baleful influence of lady Augusta's attendant and conductress. 1861 tr. Humboldt in Sat. Rev. 18 May 513 I receive letters..from aspiring poets..conductresses of benevolent institutions. 3. A female bus- or tram-conductor (cf. conductor n. 7). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > public transport employees > conductor on public transport > female conductress1883 1883 H. James En Province in Atlantic Monthly Nov. 631/1 A kind of bastard tramcar,..under the supervision not of a conductor, but of a conductress. 1917 Flight 25 Jan. 88/2 I had occasion to board a 'bus, and noticed that the conductress had decorated herself up to the highest degree. 1943 Times 7 Sept. 6/7 The bus started without any signal from the conductress. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1639
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