Word Meaning

leader definition and meaning

n. One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.
n. One who goes first.
n. One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander.
n. A performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first violins.
n. A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
n. The principal wheel in any kind of machinery.
n. A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses.
n. A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.
n. A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached.
n. A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
n. The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.
n. A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
n. 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.

Crossword clues for leader

- American legislator
- Chief
- dignitary
- Frontrunner
- Governor
- Guide
- Head of party is main news article
- Head of party shows the French commercial to queen
- Important person
- One who goes first
- Patriarch
- Person in charge
- The French article? The German main article in paper
- The French publicity queen makes front page story
- The one in front