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conductor
noun
1 conductor
The person who leads a musical group.
synonyms: director, music director.
Roget 268:
traveler,
wayfarer,
voyager,
itinerant,
passenger,
commuter.
tourist,
excursionist,
explorer,
adventurer,
mountaineer,
hiker,
backpacker,
Alpine Club;
peregrinator†,
wanderer,
rover,
straggler,
rambler;
bird of passage;
gadabout,
gadling†;
vagrant,
scatterling†,
landloper†,
waifs and estrays†,
wastrel,
foundling;
loafer;
tramp,
tramper;
vagabond,
nomad,
Bohemian,
gypsy,
Arab†,
Wandering Jew,
Hadji,
pilgrim,
palmer;
peripatetic;
somnambulist,
emigrant,
fugitive,
refugee;
beach comber,
booly†;
globegirdler†,
globetrotter;
vagrant,
hobo [U.S.],
night walker,
sleep walker;
noctambulist,
runabout,
straphanger,
swagman,
swagsman [Austral.];
trecker†,
trekker,
zingano†,
zingaro†.
runner,
courier;
Mercury,
Iris,
Ariel†,
comet.
pedestrian,
walker,
foot passenger;
cyclist;
wheelman.
rider,
horseman,
equestrian,
cavalier,
jockey,
roughrider,
trainer,
breaker.
driver,
coachman,
whip,
Jehu,
charioteer,
postilion,
postboy†,
carter,
wagoner,
drayman†;
cabman,
cabdriver;
voiturier†,
vetturino†,
condottiere†;
engine driver;
stoker,
fireman,
guard;
chauffeur,
conductor,
engineer,
gharry-wallah†,
gari-wala†,
hackman,
syce†,
truckman†.
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Roget 271:
carrier,
porter,
bearer,
tranter†,
conveyer;
cargador†;
express,
expressman;
stevedore,
coolie;
conductor,
locomotive,
motor.
beast,
beast of burden,
cattle,
horse,
nag,
palfrey,
Arab†,
blood horse,
thoroughbred,
galloway†,
charger,
courser,
racer,
hunter,
jument†,
pony,
filly,
colt,
foal,
barb,
roan,
jade,
hack,
bidet,
pad,
cob,
tit,
punch,
roadster,
goer†;
racehorse,
pack horse,
draft horse,
cart horse,
dray horse,
post horse;
ketch;
Shetland pony,
shelty,
sheltie;
garran†,
garron†;
jennet,
genet†,
bayard†,
mare,
stallion,
gelding;
bronco,
broncho†,
cayuse [U.S.];
creature,
critter [U.S.];
cow pony,
mustang,
Narraganset,
waler†;
stud.
Pegasus,
Bucephalus,
Rocinante.
ass,
donkey,
jackass,
mule,
hinny;
sumpter horse,
sumpter mule;
burro,
cuddy†,
ladino [U.S.];
reindeer;
camel,
dromedary,
llama,
elephant;
carrier pigeon.
[object used for carrying]
pallet,
brace,
cart,
dolley;
support
etc.
215;
fork lift.
carriage
etc.
(vehicle)
272;
ship
etc.
273.
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Roget 694:
director,
manager,
governor,
rector,
comptroller.
superintendent,
supervisor,
straw boss;
intendant;
overseer,
overlooker†;
supercargo†,
husband,
inspector,
visitor,
ranger,
surveyor,
aedile†;
moderator,
monitor,
taskmaster;
master
etc.
745;
leader,
ringleader,
demagogue,
corypheus,
conductor,
fugleman†,
precentor†,
bellwether,
agitator;
caporal†,
choregus†,
collector,
file leader,
flugelman†,
linkboy†.
guiding star
etc.
(guidance)
693;
adviser
etc.
695;
guide
etc.
(information)
527;
pilot;
helmsman;
steersman,
steermate†;
wire-puller.
driver,
whip,
Jehu,
charioteer;
coachman,
carman,
cabman;
postilion,
vetturino†,
muleteer,
arriero†,
teamster;
whipper in.
head,
head man,
head center,
boss;
principal,
president,
speaker;
chair,
chairman,
chairwoman,
chairperson;
captain
etc.
(master)
745;
superior;
mayor
etc.
(civil authority)
745;
vice president,
prime minister,
premier,
vizier,
grand vizier,
eparch†.
officer,
functionary,
minister,
official,
red-tapist†,
bureaucrat;
man in office,
Jack in office;
office bearer;
person in authority
etc.
745.
statesman,
strategist,
legislator,
lawgiver,
politician,
statist†,
statemonger†;
Minos,
Draco;
arbiter
etc.
(judge)
967;
boss [U.S.],
political dictator.
board
etc.
(council)
696.
secretary,
secretary of state;
Reis Effendi;
vicar
etc.
(deputy)
759;
steward,
factor;
agent
etc.
758;
bailiff,
middleman;
foreman,
clerk of works;
landreeve†;
factotum,
major-domo†,
seneschal,
housekeeper,
shepherd,
croupier;
proctor,
procurator.
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Dutch: dirigent
Polish: dyrektor
2 conductor
A substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat.
Polish: przewodnik
3 conductor
The person who collects fares on a public conveyance.
Dutch: conducteur, conductrice
Polish: kanar, łapiduch
4 conductor
A device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc..
Dutch: geleider
Polish: przewód
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