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name
A surname originating as an occupation for a person who led a horse and cart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A river in north Canterbury, New Zealand, which joins the (Canterbury) Waiau.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A town surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Happyland No. 231, western Saskatchewan, Canada, originally named Prussia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A populated place in Adams County, Colorado, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any person who leads or directs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any person who leads or directs.
One who goes first.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any person who leads or directs.
One having authority to direct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: chief, chieftain, commander
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noun
Any person who leads or directs.
One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any person who leads or directs.
A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
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noun
Any person who leads or directs.
A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: conductor
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noun
Any person who leads or directs.
The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
An animal that leads.
The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: alpha, pack leader
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noun
An animal that leads.
An animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An animal that leads.
Either of the two front horses of a team of four in front of a carriage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: wheeler
noun
Someone or something that leads or conducts.
A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: guide, conductor
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noun
Someone or something that leads or conducts.
A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: guide, conductor
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noun
Someone or something that leads or conducts.
The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: journalism, media
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Synonyms: guide, conductor
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noun
Someone or something that leads or conducts.
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
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Synonyms: guide, conductor
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noun
Someone or something that leads or conducts.
A piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, printing, publishing, television
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Synonyms: guide, conductor
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noun
Someone or something that leads or conducts.
An intertitle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: broadcasting, cinematography, film, media, television
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Synonyms: guide, conductor
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noun
Someone or something that leads or conducts.
A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, marketing
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Synonyms: guide, conductor
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noun
Someone or something that leads or conducts.
A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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Synonyms: guide, conductor
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noun
Someone or something that leads or conducts.
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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Synonyms: guide, conductor
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noun
Someone or something that leads or conducts.
A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
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Synonyms: guide, conductor
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noun
Someone or something that leads or conducts.
A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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Synonyms: guide, conductor
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noun
Someone or something that leads or conducts.
A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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Synonyms: guide, conductor
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noun
Someone or something that leads or conducts.
The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: guide, conductor, driver, drive wheel
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Someone or something that leads or conducts.
The path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: guide, conductor
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noun
a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: drawing card, loss leader
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Broader terms: feature
noun
a person who rules or guides or inspires others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: follower
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: 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, galvanizer, galvaniser, inspirer, guide, guru, head, chief, top dog, headman, tribal chief, imam, imaum, instigator, initiator, labor leader, lawgiver, lawmaker, malik, military leader, misleader, model, role model, hero, nationalist leader, pied piper, point man, point woman, politician, politico, pol, political leader, presiding officer, puppet ruler, puppet leader, religious leader, scoutmaster, spearhead, strike leader, superior, higher-up, superordinate, torchbearer, trainer, Hussein, Husain, Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Saddam, Saddam bin Hussein at-Takriti, Judas Maccabaeus, Masoud, Ahmad Shah Masoud, Qaddafi, Qadhafi, Khadafy, Gaddafi, Muammar al-Qaddafi, Muammar el-Qaddafi
History
English surname, both from the noun leader and an occupational use of lead (“heavy metal”).
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *laidī Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Proto-West Germanic *laid ▲ Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Proto-West Germanic *laidijārī Old English lǣdere Middle English ledere English leader Inherited from Middle English ledere, from Old English lǣdere, from Proto-West Germanic *laidijārī, from *laidī (“leading, leadership”) + *-ārī, or from *laid (“leading”) + *-ārī. By surface analysis, lead + -er. Cognate with Scots leader (“leader”), West Frisian lieder (“leader”), Dutch leider (“leader”), German Leiter (“leader, conductor, manager”), Danish leder (“leader, manager”), Swedish ledare (“leader, conductor, director”), Icelandic leiðari (“leader, conductor”).
Across languages
309 source translations are retained for this English entry.
