conductress

Examples

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• The reports of train conductresses, such as Miss Leamy, were illustrative of attitudes toward non-British immigrants.

  Academic text (2005)

• Once British women were chosen for sponsorship, travel bookings were arranged for them, and they proceeded in parties with chaperones or "conductresses" on ships and trains.

  Academic text (2005)

• Yesterday I was on a bus, and the conductress said to an African: 'Your fare, please, comrade.'

  Fiction book (1994)

• This, they claimed, was evident after most ship's conductresses were laid off and rumors were circulating that male passengers were molesting women and children.

  Academic text (2005)

• Swinging her hand, as if there were a rope in it, the old conductress was hurrying, and the four petty thieves who'd robbed the attic ran away.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Several full- and part-time "conductresses" joined the federal payroll, as did the "matrons" who managed eight immigrant reception hostels.

  Academic text (2005)

• The British public took issue at times with medical exams and compulsory guardianship because these requirements suggested that British women were prone to defects and bad behavior, but Supervisor Burnham insisted that officers and conductresses should be regarded as "mothers" and "hostesses" whose jobs were to decide what was best for the "girls."

  Academic text (2005)

• The conductress checked everyone's tickets before allowing them to board the train.

• As the bus pulled away, the conductress reminded passengers to have their fares ready.

• During the concert, the female conductress guided the orchestra through the complex piece.

Synonyms

C

conductor

vsconductress

64 4.4

A person who leads musicians in groups like an orchestra or choir

is a woman who directs and may also work on buses or trains

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