A leader.

A leader: in quot. attributive loder-man.

A person who takes a chief or leading part; a leader, principal, head. Obsolete.

One who leads the advance; a chief or principal leader.

figurative. A chief or leader. (Mostly contemptuous.)

A charioteer. figurative. Leader (obsolete).

One who guides others in action or opinion; one who takes the lead in any business, enterprise, or movement; one who is ‘followed’ by disciples or…

A person resembling the Hebrew prophet Moses, esp. as lawgiver or leader. Cf. Mosaic, adj.2 2.

In a positive or neutral sense: a leader or head; a chief authority or organizer. Also figurative.

In extended use: a commander; a leader; a ruler. Also figurative.

One who takes the most prominent part; the chief or leader (of a party); the president (of a deliberative body). Obsolete exc. locally in…

figurative. The chief or leader of a party, sect, school, etc.

One holding the place of honour; a leader.

A member of a senate. In vaguer sense: A counsellor, statesman; †a leader in State or Church. Also figurative.

A person appointed to preside over an organization or an event.

In early imperial Japan: the leader of all the group chiefs (see muraji, n.), ranked with the leader of the clan chiefs (see o-omi, n.) as the…

A warrior; a leader.

A leader.