conductressn.
/kənˈdʌktrᵻs/, U.S. /kənˈdəktrəs/ 1. 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.
a. A female conductor, leader, or guide.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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).
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