One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.
One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car.
The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.
A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.
A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.
Same as Leader.
One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward.
The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a any vehicle.
An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work.
A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically:
The driving wheel of a locomotive.
The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker.
An implement used for driving;
