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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. --Hare.
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
leader
n 1: a person who rules or guides or inspires others [ant: {follower}]
2: a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to
draw customers [syn: {drawing card}, {loss leader}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Leader, MN
Zip code(s): 56466
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