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conductor
conductor /kənˈdʌktə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
1. someone who stands in front of a group of musicians or singers and directs their playing or singing
2. British English someone whose job is to collect payments from passengers on a bus
3. American English someone who is in charge of a train and collects payments from passengers or checks their tickets
   SYN  guard British English
4. something that allows electricity or heat to travel along it or through it:
    Wood is a poor conductor of heat.lightning conductor