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Definition of Leader
1. Noun. A person who rules or guides or inspires others.
Specialized synonyms: Spiritual Leader, Aristocrat, Blue Blood, Patrician, Bellwether, Caller, Captain, Chieftain, Cheerleader, Choragus, Civic Leader, Civil Leader, Commander, Demigod, Superman, Ubermensch, Duce, Employer, Father, Boss, Fugleman, Galvaniser, Galvanizer, Inspirer, Guide, Guru, Chief, Head, Top Dog, Chief, Chieftain, Headman, Tribal Chief, Imam, Imaum, Initiator, Instigator, Labor Leader, Lawgiver, Lawmaker, Malik, Military Leader, Misleader, Model, Role Model, Hero, Nationalist Leader, Pied Piper, Point Man, Point Woman, Pol, Political Leader, Politician, Politico, Politician, Presiding Officer, Puppet Leader, Puppet Ruler, Religious Leader, Scoutmaster, Spearhead, Strike Leader, Higher-up, Superior, Superordinate, Torchbearer, Trainer
Specialized synonyms: Husain, Husayn, Hussein, Saddam, Saddam Bin Hussein At-takriti, Saddam Hussein, Judas Maccabaeus, Ahmad Shah Masoud, Masoud, Gaddafi, Khadafy, Muammar Al-qaddafi, Muammar El-qaddafi, Qaddafi, Qadhafi
Antonyms: Follower
Derivative terms: Lead, Lead, Lead, Lead, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership
2. Noun. A featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers.
Definition of Leader
1. n. One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.
Definition of Leader
1. Noun. Any person or thing that leads or conducts. ¹
2. Noun. One who goes first. ¹
3. Noun. One having authority to direct. ¹
4. Noun. One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles. ¹
5. Noun. A person or thing that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc. ¹
6. Noun. (music) A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra. ¹
7. Noun. (music UK) The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster. ¹
8. Noun. The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions. ¹
9. Noun. An animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs. ¹
10. Noun. (botany) A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant. ¹
11. Noun. A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground. ¹
12. Noun. (U.K.) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story. ¹
13. Noun. (fishing) A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line. ¹
14. Noun. A piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to the threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press. ¹
15. Noun. (marketing) A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price. ¹
16. Noun. (printing) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face. ¹
17. Noun. (printing in plural) A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number. ¹
18. Noun. (fishing) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ¹
19. Noun. (mining) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one. ¹
20. Noun. (nautical) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places. ¹
21. Noun. (engineering) The drive wheel in any kind of machinery. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leader
1. one that leads or guides [n -S]
Medical Definition of Leader
1. A sequence near the 5' end of an RNAstrand or the amino terminus of a protein that functions intargeting or regulation. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leader
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