Leader

·noun One who goes first.

II. Leader ·noun The principal wheel in any kind of machinery.

III. Leader ·noun One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander.

IV. Leader ·noun A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.

V. Leader ·noun One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

VI. Leader ·noun A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses.

VII. Leader ·noun A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.

VIII. Leader ·noun A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.

IX. Leader ·noun A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.

X. Leader ·noun The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.

XI. Leader ·noun 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.

XII. Leader ·noun 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.

XIII. Leader ·noun 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.