Lectionary Calendar
Friday, March 29th, 2024
Good Friday
There are 2 days til Easter!
Attention!
We are taking food to Ukrainians still living near the front lines. You can help by getting your church involved.
Click to donate today!

Bible Dictionaries
Leader

Webster's Dictionary

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Prev Entry
Leaden
Next Entry
Leadership
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

(1):

(n.) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.

(2):

(n.) One who goes first.

(3):

(n.) One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander.

(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.

(5):

(n.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.

(6):

(n.) The principal wheel in any kind of machinery.

(7):

(n.) A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses.

(8):

(n.) A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.

(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.

(10):

(n.) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.

(11):

(n.) One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

(12):

(n.) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.

(13):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Leader'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/leader.html. 1828.
adsFree icon
Ads FreeProfile