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Webster 1913 Edition
Leader
Lead′er
,Noun.
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.
(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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Leader
LE'ADER
, n.1.
One that leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.2.
A chief; a commander; a captain.3.
One who goes first.4.
The chief of a party or faction; as the leader of the whigs or of the tories; a leader of the Jacobins.5.
a performer who leads a band or choir in music.