† foreleadern.
Obsolete.
One who leads the advance; a chief or principal leader.
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14410 Moyses was þair for-leder.
1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale 18 Christe is the firste frutis and fore leader of them that sleap.
1576 G. Gascoigne Delicate Diet (1789) 17 Would God that we learned not, by the foreleaders before named, to charge and coniure each other vnto the pledge.
1623 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. (ed. 2) vii. v. 211/2 Hengist for valor, policy, and strength, was the fore-~leader.
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. Aa5v Know for Truth, I meant You a fore-leader in this Testament.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Fooreleader, chief captain.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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