conductor
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3.1
- noun
- /kənˈdʌktər/
:
revisor
- The bus conductor checked each passenger's ticket before they boarded.
- bus conductor
- streetcar conductor
- train conductor
And when he found out my background, he he was a conductor of the German railroad at the time.
- And when he found out my background, he he was a conductor of the German railroad at the time.
- Ohh man, you look like a really flamboyant train conductor.
Examples
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Have the conductor stop the train just ahead.
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My name is Stan Shumpike, and I will be your conductor this evening
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Please follow the conductor to the rear of the train.
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And I thought the conductor would be angry.
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Just have to go and have a word with the conductor.
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The bus came to a stop, and the conductor helped my grandmother on.
Fiction book (1994) -
If there is no conductor to collect fares on a bus, everyone will ride free.
Academic text (2002) -
A train would come rumbling by, and the conductor would see our fire and blow his whistle.
Fiction book (1998) -
Listen, Mary, I asked the conductor if a woman matching Juliette's description got on board tonight.
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He was a conductor on the Chicago-Northwestern.
Synonyms
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9.5
A woman who leads an orchestra or collects tickets on buses and trains
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2.1
A person who checks and takes tickets from people entering trains or concerts
Compounds
A metal rod or wire on top of a building that carries lightning into the ground to prevent damage
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word conductor comes from the parts con- ('together') and ducere ('to lead'), so a bus or train conductor is a person who 'goes with' passengers, looks after them along the journey, and collects fares.