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Definition of Bellwether
1. Noun. Someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity.
2. Noun. Sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell.
Definition of Bellwether
1. n. A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck.
Definition of Bellwether
1. Noun. The leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck. ¹
2. Noun. Anything that indicates future trends. ¹
3. Noun. A stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bellwether
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bellwether
Literary usage of Bellwether
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1907)
"Under ordinary circumstances our visit should now terminate ; but Evelina has
been the life and soul of the party, and Lady bellwether has fallen quite in ..."
2. The Court and Times of Charles the First: Illustrated by Authentic and by Thomas [Birch, Cyprien de Gamaches, Cyprien, Robert Folkestone Williams (1848)
"He saw two goodly pastures; a flock of sheep in one of them; and a bellwether
alone in the other; a great ditch between them both, and a narrow bridge over ..."
3. An Anecdotal History of the British Parliament: From the Earliest Periods to by George Henry Jennings (1892)
"Allowed to proceed ho said, " he saw two good pastures ; a flock of sheep was in
the one, and a bellwether alone in the other ; a great ditch was between ..."
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