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Bellwether

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Noun

1. bellwether

someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity

2. bellwether

sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bellwether

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noun
1. 
a sheep that leads the herd, often bearing a bell
2. 
a leader, esp one followed unquestioningly

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Bellwether

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noun
1. 
a male sheep, usually wearing a bell, that leads the flock
2. 
a leader, esp. of a sheeplike crowd
3. 
anything suggesting the general tendency or direction of events, style, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bellwether

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n.
One that serves as a leader or as a leading indicator of future trends: "The degree to which the paper is censored is a political bellwether" (Justine De Lacy).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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