CONDUCTOR

n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director. Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. Dryden.

2.
n.

One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car. [U. S.]

3.
n.

The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.

4.
n.

A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.

5.
n.

A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.

6.
n.

Same as Leader. Prime conductor (Elec.), the largest conductor of an electrical machine, serving to collect, accumulate, or retain the electricity.