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  1. 1. n. One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus. Source: opted
  4. 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. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. Same as Leader. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. the person who leads a musical group Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. the person who collects fares on a public conveyance Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n. a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc. Source: wordnet
  11. 11. 1. 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. One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car. [U. S.] 3. (Mus.) The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus. 4. (Physics) A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod. 5. (Surg.) A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director. 6. (Arch.) Same as Leader. Prime conductor (Elec.), the largest conductor of an electrical machine, serving to collect, accumulate, or retain the electricity. Source: webster
  12. 12. n:100 n. the person who leads a musical group n. a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat n. the person who collects fares on a public conveyance n. a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc. Source: ecdict

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