floor leader
noun
: a member of a legislative body chosen by a party to have charge of its organization and strategy on the floor
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web During her opening, Engleman, who serves in House leadership as an assistant majority floor leader, referenced her own experience as a teen mother, and her decision to keep her baby. 
The Indianapolis Star, 4 Aug. 2022 New Orleans has a similar team scenario from the addition of veteran guard and floor leader McCollum after he was traded to the young Pelicans team from Portland on Feb. 8. Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2022 Another top Republican in the state Senate, floor leader Kim Ward, backed White last Monday. Adam Brewster, CBS News, 16 May 2022 Among those not laughing was Caleb Rowden, Republican floor leader of the Missouri state Senate. Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2022 On Monday, the state Senate’s Republican floor leader, Kim Ward, endorsed a rival candidate, Dave White, and singled out Mastriano as unable to attract the moderate voters necessary to win a general election in Pennsylvania. Marc Levy, ajc, 10 May 2022 The word that Williams, who had meniscus surgery in late March and missed Game 3, would play seemed essential to the Celtics’ chances, even more than having floor leader and defensive menace Smart out there. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2022 So in the absence of their floor leader, the Miami Heat reverted to their defensive roots and opted for gritty instead of pretty, in moving to a 110-86 victory Sunday night over the Hawks at State Farm Arena. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2022 South Dakota State has good depth, a superb floor leader in Baylor Scheierman and a reliable inside scorer in Douglas Wilson. Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2022 See More
The Indianapolis Star, 4 Aug. 2022 New Orleans has a similar team scenario from the addition of veteran guard and floor leader McCollum after he was traded to the young Pelicans team from Portland on Feb. 8. Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2022 Another top Republican in the state Senate, floor leader Kim Ward, backed White last Monday. Adam Brewster, CBS News, 16 May 2022 Among those not laughing was Caleb Rowden, Republican floor leader of the Missouri state Senate. Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2022 On Monday, the state Senate’s Republican floor leader, Kim Ward, endorsed a rival candidate, Dave White, and singled out Mastriano as unable to attract the moderate voters necessary to win a general election in Pennsylvania. Marc Levy, ajc, 10 May 2022 The word that Williams, who had meniscus surgery in late March and missed Game 3, would play seemed essential to the Celtics’ chances, even more than having floor leader and defensive menace Smart out there. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2022 So in the absence of their floor leader, the Miami Heat reverted to their defensive roots and opted for gritty instead of pretty, in moving to a 110-86 victory Sunday night over the Hawks at State Farm Arena. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2022 South Dakota State has good depth, a superb floor leader in Baylor Scheierman and a reliable inside scorer in Douglas Wilson. Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above
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