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noun
The person who leads a musical group.
synonyms: conductor, director.
is a specific kind of: musician.
is a broader term that covers: bandleader | bandmaster | drum major | drum majorette, majorette.
instances of which are: Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein | Benjamin Britten, Britten, Edward Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh | Arthur Fiedler, Fiedler | Hindemith, Paul Hindemith | Koussevitzky, Serge Koussevitzky, Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky | Constant Lambert, Lambert, Leonard Constant Lambert | Gustav Mahler, Mahler | Eugene Ormandy, Ormandy | Ozawa, Seiji Ozawa | Leopold Antoni Stanislaw Stokowski, Leopold Stokowski, Stokowski | George Szell, Szell | Arturo Toscanini, Toscanini | Bruno Walter, Walter | Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, Carl Maria von Weber, Weber | Sir Henry Joseph Wood, Sir Henry Wood, Wood ... show more.
derivation: conduct, direct, lead | conduct.
Dutch: dirigentPolish: dyrektor
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