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leader
[ lee-der ]
noun
- a person or thing that leads.
- a guiding or directing head, as of an army, movement, or political group.
- Music.
- a conductor or director, as of an orchestra, band, or chorus.
- the player at the head of the first violins in an orchestra, the principal cornetist in a band, or the principal soprano in a chorus, to whom any incidental solos are usually assigned.
- a featured article of trade, especially one offered at a low price to attract customers. Compare loss leader.
- Journalism.
- Also called leading article. British. the principal editorial in a newspaper.
- blank film or tape at the beginning of a length of film or magnetic tape, used for threading a motion-picture camera, tape recorder, etc. Compare trailer ( def 6 ).
- Angling.
- a length of nylon, silkworm gut, wire, or the like, to which the lure or hook is attached.
- the net used to direct fish into a weir, pound, etc.
- a pipe for conveying rainwater downward, as from a roof; downspout.
- a horse harnessed at the front of a team.
- leaders, Printing. a row of dots or a short line to lead the eye across a space.
- Nautical. lead 1( def 40b ).
- a duct for conveying warm air from a hot-air furnace to a register or stack.
- Mining. a thin vein of ore connected with a large vein.
leader
/ ˈːə /
noun
- a person who rules, guides, or inspires others; head
- music
- Also called (esp US and Canadian)concertmaster the principal first violinist of an orchestra, who plays solo parts, and acts as the conductor's deputy and spokesman for the orchestra
- a conductor or director of an orchestra or chorus
- the first man on a climbing rope
- the leading horse or dog in a team
- an article offered at a sufficiently low price to attract customers See also loss leader
- a statistic or index that gives an advance indication of the state of the economy
- Also calledleading article the leading editorial in a newspaper
- nautical another term for fairlead
- a strip of blank film or tape used to facilitate threading a projector, developing machine, etc, and to aid identification
- plural printing rows of dots or hyphens used to guide the reader's eye across a page, as in a table of contents
- botany any of the long slender shoots that grow from the stem or branch of a tree: usually removed during pruning
- a member of the Government having primary authority in initiating legislative business (esp in the phrases Leader of the House of Commons and Leader of the House of Lords )
- the senior barrister, usually a Queen's Counsel, in charge of the conduct of a case Compare junior
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- İ· adjective
- ܲ·İ noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church died on Easter Monday aged 88, after suffering a stroke.
If she can get there in under three hours 57 minutes, that would make her the fastest female MP, beating a record currently held by Jo Swinson, Liberal Democrat leader in 2019.
World leaders may be gathering on Saturday to pay their respects to a fellow statesman whose church has more members than their states have citizens.
That sense of a rift between the current Israeli government and the Vatican may well be visible at the Pope's funeral in Rome, where Israel's leaders will be noticeable by their absence.
Trump has also accused the Ukrainian leader of harming peace talks by refusing to recognise Russian control of Crimea.
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