leader

1. n. One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor. Source: opted

2. n. One who goes first. Source: opted

3. n. One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander. Source: opted

4. n. 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. Source: opted

5. n. A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places. Source: opted

6. n. The principal wheel in any kind of machinery. Source: opted

7. n. A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses. Source: opted

8. n. A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor. Source: opted

9. n. 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. Source: opted

10. n. A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one. Source: opted

11. n. The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article. Source: opted

12. n. A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face. Source: opted

13. n. a row of word/dots">dots, word/periods">periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number. Source: opted

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