conducteur

Definitions of conducteur
  1. noun
    someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
    synonyms: cocher
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    types:
    charretier, cocher
    a man who drives a coach (or carriage)
    charretier
    the driver of a team of horses doing hauling
    type of:
    employé, salarié, travailleur
    a person who works at a specific occupation
  2. noun
    the operator of a motor vehicle
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    chauffeur d'autobus, conducteur d'autobus
    someone who drives a bus
    chauffeur
    a man paid to drive a privately owned car
    automobiliste
    someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile
    chauffeur de taxi
    someone who drives a taxi for a living
    camionneur, chauffeur de camion
    someone who drives a truck as an occupation
    type of:
    manipulateur
    an agent that operates some apparatus or machine
  3. noun
    a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat
    synonyms: corps conducteur
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    semi-conducteur
    a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities
    type of:
    matière
    the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
  4. noun
    the operator of a railway locomotive
    synonyms: conducteur de locomotive
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    type of:
    manipulateur
    an agent that operates some apparatus or machine
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