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LEADER
leader
(noun) a person who rules or guides or inspires others
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Leader (plural Leaders)
An occupational surname for a person who led a horse and cart.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Leader is the 9563rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3399 individuals. Leader is most common among White (85.85%) individuals.
Anagrams
• dealer, leared, red ale, redeal, relade, relead
Etymology
Noun
leader (plural leaders)
any person that leads or directs
one who goes first
one having authority to direct
Synonyms: chief, chieftain, commander
one who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles
a person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
(music) a performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra
Synonym: conductor
(music, UK) the first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster
an animal that leads
the dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions
Synonyms: alpha, pack leader
an animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs
Either of the two front horses of a team of four in front of a carriage.
Antonym: wheeler
someone or something that leads or conducts
(person that leads or conducts): Synonyms: guide, conductor
(botany) a fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant
a pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground
(UK) the first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story
(fishing) a section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line
a piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press
(marketing) a loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price
(printing) a type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face
(printing, in the plural) a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc, to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number
(fishing) a net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
(mining) a branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one
(nautical) a block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places
A blank introductory portion of tape or film to assist with loading and playback.
(engineering) the drive wheel in any kind of machinery
Synonyms: driver, drive wheel
(meteorology) the path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning
Anagrams
• dealer, leared, red ale, redeal, relade, relead
Source: Wiktionary
Lead"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor. Especially: (a) One who goes first. (b) One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander. (c) (Mus.) A performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first violins. (d) (Naut.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places. (e) (Mach.) The principal wheel in any kind of machinery. [Obs. or R.] G. Francis. (f) A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses. He forgot to pull in his leaders, and they gallop away with him at times. Hare.
(g) A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor. (h) (Fishing)
Definition: A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached. (i) (Mining) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
2. The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.
3. (Print.) (a) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face. (b) pl.
Definition: a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
Syn.
– chief; chieftain; commander. See Chief.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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