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Definition of Misleader
1. Noun. Someone who leads astray (often deliberately).
Derivative terms: Mislead, Mislead
Definition of Misleader
1. n. One who leads into error.
Definition of Misleader
1. Noun. One who leads into error. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misleader
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misleader
Literary usage of Misleader
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Stc\ft, Dreams. misleader ... One who misleads or draws (¡mother) into error.
That villanous abominable misleader of youth, ..."
2. Seven Ages of Childhood by Ella Lyman Cabot (1921)
"The gang begins to degenerate largely through three causes, a strong misleader,
a weak undoer, or a softening of outgrown gang structure. ..."
3. Trust Legislation: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of by Henry De Lamar Clayton (1911)
"But the cut-price article would more appropriately be termed a "misleader";
because ordinarily the very purpose of the cut price is to create a false ..."
4. A New English-German and German-English Dictionary: Containing All the Words by Adolphus Bernays (1834)
"... (ft- —ncn) misleader, seducer. '!' ale Jan, va to spend in a frivolous and
luxurious manner. ..."
5. The Soliloquies of St. Augustine by Augustine, Rose Elizabeth Cleveland (1910)
"But the fictitious I call that which is produced by makers of fiction: these
differ from the misleading in this, that every misleader has a desire to ..."
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