Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Manuductor

Manuductor , noun

[Latin manus the hand + ductor a leader, ducere to lead: compare French manuducteur.]

(Music) 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.)