leader

leader
n
1. chief, head, doyen, principal, Inf. boss, Inf. bossman, Inf. kingpin, Inf. number one, Inf.Mr. Big, Sl. big cheese, Sl. biggest fish or frog in the pond; director, superior, dean, chairman; manager, overseer, supervisor, superintendent, Inf. super, foreman, headman, Brit. gaffer.
2. sachem, chieftain, warlord, war chief, commander, commandant; ruler, overlord, lord, master, lord and master, paramount, suzerain.
3. pacesetter, pacemaker, trend-setter; mover, prompter, actuator, motivator, encourager, inspirer, firer, spark, Inf. sparkplug; ringleader, bellwether, Sl. the brains.
4. conductor, orchestra conductor, orchestra leader, band leader, bandmaster, concertmaster, Konzert-meister; choirmaster, chorister, precentor, Kapellmeister, Eccles. cantor; coryphaeus; band major, drum major.
5. forerunner, antecedent, precursor, predecessor, foregoer; front or lead runner, outrider, vaunt-courier, avant-courier; advance guard, vanguard, spearhead, cutting edge; point, point man, decoy; pioneer, frontiersman, pathfinder, trail blazer, explorer, scout; innovator, groundbreaker, avant-gardist.
6. loss leader, lead item, Sl. hot item, special, feature.

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  • LEADER+ — LEADER (frz. Liaison entre actions de développement de l économie rurale, dt. Verbindung zwischen Aktionen zur Entwicklung der ländlichen Wirtschaft) ist eine Gemeinschaftsinitiative der Europäischen Union, mit der seit 1991 modellhaft innovative …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Leader+ — LEADER (frz. Liaison entre actions de développement de l économie rurale, dt. Verbindung zwischen Aktionen zur Entwicklung der ländlichen Wirtschaft) ist eine Gemeinschaftsinitiative der Europäischen Union, mit der seit 1991 modellhaft innovative …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • leader — O.E. lædere one who leads, agent noun from lædan (see LEAD (Cf. lead) (v.)). As a title for the head of an authoritarian state, from 1918 (translating führer, Duce, caudillo, etc.). Meaning writing or statement meant to begin a discussion or… …   Etymology dictionary

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