Conductrix

//kɒnˈdʌktɹɪks// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female conductor; a woman who conducts. uncommon

    "Oberlin recruited teachers — whom he called “conductrices” — to sit among small groups of children and encourage language interaction through storytelling and start-up points for art and small construction projects, while the conductrices completed their knitting."

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conductressconductress

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"Oberlin recruited teachers — whom he called “conductrices” — to sit among small groups of children and encourage language interaction through storytelling and start-up points for art and small construction projects, while the conductrices completed their knitting."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin conductrīx. By surface analysis, conduct + -trix.

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