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