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leaderene, n.|ˌliːdəˈriːn|
Also leaderine.
[f. leader n.1 + -ene, perh. by analogy with F. speakerine. For spelling cf. the fem. names Irene, Marlene, etc.]
Orig., a jocular or ironic name for Margaret Thatcher (see Thatcherite n. and a.) while Leader of the Opposition and Prime Minister; hence gen., any female leader, esp. a formidable one.
1980Times 20 Aug. 12/6 The conchology expedition led by Mrs Smythe yielded 41 species in 90 minutes. The anonymous author of the field report..respectfully supplies the leaderene with an ‘Ms’ for the occasion. 1980Private Eye 26 Sept. 5/1 The Leaderene is devastatingly impressed by her new recruit, we were told. 1982M. Stockwood Chanctonbury Ring iii. 47 The leaderene of the Grandmothers' Union. 1985Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 10/6 A new leaderene selected to add glamour to the management. 1987Private Eye 29 May 8/3 In Finchley Central, part of the glorious leaderene's own constituency, there is only one policeman on patrol during the wee small hours. 1990Times Educ. Suppl. 28 Dec. 5/4 Most shocking of all, at least for the sophisticated dons of Rouen University, was the demise of our great leaderene, Margaret Thatcher. |