conductrix en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /kɒnˈdʌktɹɪks/
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin conductrīx. By surface analysis, conduct + -trix.
Meanings
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(uncommon) A female conductor; a woman who conducts.
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.
1999, Harry Morgan, The Imagination of Early Childhood Education, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 21:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| conductrices | Number=Plur | lexicographic |