Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conductorette

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-duc-torette
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female bus, streetcar or train conductor.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"On the streetcar, I put my fare into the box and the conductorette looked at me with the usual hard eyes of white contempt. “Move into the car, please move on in the car.”"

Etymology

From conductor + -ette.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: conductor

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

conductorettes (plural)

Questions

What does conductorette mean?: A female bus, streetcar or train conductor.
Where does conductorette come from?: From conductor + -ette.

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