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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

manus

the hand +

ductor

a leader,

ducere

to lead: cf. F.

manuducteur

(Mus.)

A conductor; an officer in the ancient church who gave the signal for the choir to sing, and who beat time with the hand, and regulated the music.

Moore (Encyc. of Music.)

Noun.

[L.manus,hand, and ductor, a leader.]

An officer in the ancient church, who gave the signal for the choir to sing, who beat time and regulated the music.

manuductor ‎(plural manuductors)