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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
/ ˈliːdə /
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
- ˈleaderless, adjective
Other Words From
- leader·less adjective
- sub·leader noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Their leader, Njie, still going by “Dave” during the operation, would stay a safe distance away until the State House was secure.
What it endangers is a narrow conception of Russian power, understood through the eyes of its dictatorial leader.
It is the kind of compassion espoused by every world religion and every revered religious leader.
He affected an anchorman finesse in apologizing for “past mistakes” as a Ku Klux Klan leader.
The seedlings of his potential greatness as a leader are sprinkled throughout it.
Dockier, a prominent leader of the Levelers, in the times of the English commonwealth, was shot by order of the government.
Every leader was killed, and every peaceful native whom the Spaniards met on their way was unmercifully treated.
A leader of soldiers has a right to know something at least of the enterprise upon which he leads them.
But in August, 1805, the approaching war with Austria caused the Emperor to summon his most brilliant cavalry leader to his side.
Scarce a day passed without some engagement in which the King of Naples showed his audacity and his talent as a leader.
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