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Meaning
Noun
●
Any person who
leads
or directs.
One who
goes
first.
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.
●
In Leaders:
Any person who
leads
or directs.
One having
authority
to direct.
●
In Music:
Any person who
leads
or directs.
A
performer
who
leads
a band
,
choir
, or a
section
of an orchestra.
●
In British English & Music:
Any person who
leads
or directs.
The
first violin
in a
symphony orchestra
; the concertmaster.
●
An
animal
that leads.
The
dominant
animal
in a
pack
of
animal
s, such as
wolves
or lions.
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.
●
In Botany:
Someone
or something
that
leads
or conducts.
A
fast-growing
terminal
shoot
of a
woody
plant.
●
Someone
or something
that
leads
or conducts.
A
pipe
for
conducting
rain water
from a
roof
to a
cistern
or to the ground.
●
In British English & Mass media:
Someone
or something
that
leads
or conducts.
The first, or the
principal
,
editorial
article
in a
newspaper
; a
leading
or main
editorial
article
; a lead story.
●
In Fishing:
Someone
or something
that
leads
or conducts.
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
net
for
leading
fish
into a
pound
,
weir
, etc.
●
In Film & Printing:
Someone
or something
that
leads
or conducts.
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.
●
In Cinematography:
Someone
or something
that
leads
or conducts.
An intertitle.
●
In Marketing:
Someone
or something
that
leads
or conducts.
A
loss leader
or a
popular
product
sold
at a
normal
price.
●
In Printing:
Someone
or something
that
leads
or conducts.
A type having a
dot
or
short
row
of
dot
s upon its face.
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.
●
In Mining:
Someone
or something
that
leads
or conducts.
A
branch
or small
vein
, not important
in itself
, but
indicating
the
proximity
of a better one.
●
In Nautical:
Someone
or something
that
leads
or conducts.
A
block
of
hard
wood
pierced
with
suitable
holes
for
leading
ropes in
their
proper
places.
●
In Engineering:
Someone
or something
that
leads
or conducts.
The
drive wheel
in any
kind of
machinery.
●
In Meteorology:
Someone
or something
that
leads
or conducts.
The
path
taken
by
electrons
from a
cloud
to
ground level
,
determining
the
shape
of a
bolt
of lightning.
Name
●
A
surname
originating
as an
occupation
for a person who
led
a
horse
and cart.
●
A
river
in
north
Canterbury, New Zealand, which
joins
the (Canterbury) Waiau.
●
A
town
in the Rural Municipality of Happyland No. 231,
western
Saskatchewan, Canada,
originally
named
Prussia.
●
A
locality
in Adams County, Colorado, United States.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
leader
English
leder
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Chief
Chieftain
Commander
Conductor
Alpha
Guide
Driver
Drive Wheel
Antonyms
Wheeler
Follower
Worker
Related
Figurehead
Commander
Dictator
President
Manager
Chancellor
Member
Captain
Candidate
Chief
Chairman
Ruler
Politician
Supervisor
Person
Ceo
Hero
Coach
Director
Pioneer
Representative
Player
Team
Strategist
Organization
Executive
Boss
Mentor
Minister
Teacher
Statesman
Entrepreneur
Individual
Company
Champion
Speaker
Worker
King
Group
Visionary
Communicator
Officer
Partner
Man
Supporter
Student
Subordinate
Party
Nurse
Prime Minister
Project Manager
Head Honcho
Head Of State
Second In Command
Commander In Chief
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Rhymes
Lieder
Reader
Leader
Heeder
Breeder
Loss Leader
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