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conductorette

conductorette noun: a female bus, streetcar or train conductor.

Noun

conductorette (plural conductorettes)

  1. (obsolete) A female bus, streetcar or train conductor.
    • One misty day I was riding on top of a ’bus, and when the conductorette came to get my fare, she leaned over the seat in front of mine, and kissed the wounded soldier who was sitting there.1919, Charles Hanson Towne, chapter 3, in Shaking Hands with England, New York: George H. Doran, pages 41–42
    • A man riding a bicycle had run into the tail end of our train when his brakes failed. A conductorette happened to see the accident and reported it to the engineer.1962, Edgar Snow, chapter 68, in The Other Side of the River: Red China Today, New York: Random House, page 523

Forms of conductorette

pluralconductorettes

Origin of conductorette

From conductor + -ette.

Questions about conductorette

What does conductorette mean?
Conductorette means a female bus, streetcar or train conductor.
What part of speech is conductorette?
Conductorette is a noun.
What is the plural of conductorette?
The plural of conductorette is conductorettes.

Words near conductorette in the dictionary

  1. conductor
  2. conductor rail
  3. conductor rails
  4. conductoress
  5. conductoresses
  6. conductorette
  7. conductorettes
  8. conductorial
  9. conductorless
  10. conductorly
  11. conductors

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