Bible Dictionaries
Ringleader

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals.

(2):

(n.) Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men engaged in the violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as rioters, mutineers, or the like.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ringleader'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/ringleader.html. 1828.