leader

[Lead·er]

A leader is the one in the charge, the person who convinces other people to follow. A great leader inspires confidence in other people and moves them to action.

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One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor

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a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers

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a person who rules or guides or inspires others

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One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

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One who goes first.

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One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander.

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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.

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A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.

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The principal wheel in any kind of machinery.

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A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses.

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A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.

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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.

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A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.

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The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.

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A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.

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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.

Leader

Lead"er , n. 1. One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor. Especially: (a) One who goes first. (b) One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander. (c) (Mus.) 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. (d) (Naut.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places. (e) (Mach.) The principal wheel in any kind of machinery. [Obs. or R.] G. Francis. (f) A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses.

He forgot to pull in his leaders, and they gallop away with him at times.

(g) A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor. (h) (Fishing) 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. (i) (Mining) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one. 2. The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article. 3. (Print.) (a) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face. (b) pl. 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. Syn. -- chief; chieftain; commander. See Chief.

One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor

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Usage Examples

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself.

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Other Usage Examples

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.