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A leader, or would-be leader, in matters of knowledge or taste.

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  1. n. A leader, or would-be leader, in matters of knowledge or taste.
  2. n. Foresight; prudence.
  3. 1. A leader, or would-be leader, in matters of knowledge or taste. [Obs.] Nor that the forewits, that would draw the rest unto their liking, always like the best. B. Jonson. 2. Foresight; prudence. Let this forewit guide thy thought. Southwell.