condor (kond or)

[= D. G. Sw. condor = Dan. kond or = F. condor, formerly condore = It. condore, carrion. 2. A South American gold coin. That of Ecuador and Colombia is worth $9.647; that of Chili, $9.123. - California condor, the lange vulture of California, Cathartes or Pseudogryphus california nus, resem California Condor ( Cathartes california nus ). bling the Andean condor and fully as large, with the head and beak differently shaped and not carunculate, no downy collar, much le white on the wings, and the plumage of the breast of peculiar texture. a leader, conductor or (=OF. con condottiere (kon-dot-tiā're), n.; pl. condottieri (-ri). [It., lit. a lea duitier, duitier, vices to warring states and princes. This system prevailed to a considerable extent all over Europe just before the introduction of regular standing armies. He espoused the cause of Equity in the pending ques tion with the zeal of a condottiere. Howells , Modern Instance, iii. conduct Each new specialization of industry... establishes itself by conducing in some way to the profit of others. H. Spencer , Prin. of Sociol., § 441. conducementt (kon-dūs'ment), n . [ conduce + -ment.] A leading or tending; tendency. The conducement of all this is but cabalistical. Gregory, Works, p. 68.