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conducer

conducer noun: that which conduces; a conducive factor.

Noun

conducer (plural conducers)

  1. That which conduces; a conducive factor.
    • The fish was by no means bad; but I have reason to believe that my performance in the matter of eating it was not at all a success. It is true that stifling atmosphere, intense heat, and many varieties of nastiness and nudity are not promoters of appetite; but even had I been given a clearer stage...1873, Sir William Francis Butler, The Great Lone Land
  2. A person who is both a participant in, and contributor to, a given creative work; one who participates in conductive activity.
    • This theme has been explored exhaustively elsewhere in the context of shrinkwrap and clickwrap licenses, but is even more important a concern for conductive creativity. Conducers are not your grandfather’s consumers of creative works. They create and produce valuable computer software, literary and...2007, Erez Reuveni, Authorship in the Age of the Conducer

Forms of conducer

pluralconducers

Origin of conducer

From conduce + -er.

Questions about conducer

What does conducer mean?
Conducer means that which conduces; a conducive factor.
What part of speech is conducer?
Conducer is a noun.
What is the plural of conducer?
The plural of conducer is conducers.

Words near conducer in the dictionary

  1. conduce
  2. conduced
  3. conducement
  4. conducements
  5. conducent
  6. conducer
  7. conducers
  8. conduces
  9. conducest
  10. conduceth
  11. conducibility

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