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Leader

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Noun

1. leader

a person who rules or guides or inspires others

2. drawing card, leader, loss leader

a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Leader

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noun
1. 
a person who rules, guides, or inspires others; head
2. music
a. 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
b. US
a conductor or director of an orchestra or chorus
3. 
a. 
the first man on a climbing rope
b. 
the leading horse or dog in a team
4. mainly US and Canadian
an article offered at a sufficiently low price to attract customers
See also loss leader
5. 
a statistic or index that gives an advance indication of the state of the economy
6. Also called: leading article mainly British
the leading editorial in a newspaper
7. angling another word for trace2 (sense 2), cast (sense 32a)
8. nautical another term for fairlead
9. 
a strip of blank film or tape used to facilitate threading a projector, developing machine, etc, and to aid identification
10. (plural) printing
rows of dots or hyphens used to guide the reader's eye across a page, as in a table of contents
11. botany
any of the long slender shoots that grow from the stem or branch of a tree: usually removed during pruning
12. British
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)
13. 
the senior barrister, usually a Queen's Counsel, in charge of the conduct of a case
Compare junior (sense 6)

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Leader

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noun
1. 
a person or thing that leads; directing, commanding, or guiding head, as of a group or activity
2. 
a horse harnessed before all others in the same hitch or as one of the two horses in the foremost span
3. 
a pipe for carrying fluid
; specif.,
a. 
downspout
b. 
a hot-air duct in a heating system
4. 
a tendon
5. 
a section of blank film or recording tape at the beginning of a reel, for use in threading, etc.
6.  US
a featured article of trade, esp. one offered at an attractively low price
see also loss leader
7.  Botany
the central or dominant stem of a plant, esp. of a tree
8.  US, Fishing
a short piece of catgut, nylon, etc. used to attach the hook or lure to the fish line
9.  Journalism
leading article
10.  Music
a. 
a conductor, esp. of a dance band
b. 
the main performer in an instrumental or vocal section, generally given the solo passages
11.  Nautical
fair-lead
12.  [pl.]; Printing
dots, dashes, etc. in a line, used to direct the eye across the page, as in a table of contents

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Leader

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n.
1. One that leads or guides.
2. One who is in charge or in command of others.
3.
a. One who heads a political party or organization.
b. One who has influence or power, especially of a political nature.
4. Music
a. A conductor, especially of an orchestra, band, or choral group.
b. The principal performer in an orchestral section or a group.
5. The foremost animal, such as a horse or dog, in a harnessed team.
6. A loss leader.
7. Chiefly British The main editorial in a newspaper.
8. leaders Printing Dots or dashes in a row leading the eye across a page, as in an index entry.
9. A pipe for conducting liquid.
10. A short length of fishing line between the main line and the hook.
11. A blank strip at the end or beginning of a film or tape used in threading or winding.
12. Botany The growing apex or main shoot of a shrub or tree.
13. An economic indicator.

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