Noun

(en noun)

Any person that s or directs.

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# One who goes first.

Follow the leader .

# One having authority to direct.

We elected her team leader .

# One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.

# A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.

The company is the leader in home remodeling in the county.

# (music) A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.

# (music, UK) The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.

An animal that leads.

# The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.

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# An animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs.

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Something that leads or conducts.

# (botany) A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.

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# A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.

# (UK) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.

# (fishing) A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line.

# A piece of material at the beginning or end of a to allow the material to the threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.

# (marketing) A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.

# (printing) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.

# (printing, in the plural) A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.

# (fishing) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.

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# (mining) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.

# (nautical) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.

# (engineering) The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.

Noun

(wikipedia superintendent) (en noun)

A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.

A police rank used in Commonwealth countries, ranking above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.

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The manager of a building, usually a communal residence, who is responsible for keeping the facilities functional and often collecting rent or similar payments, either as also the building's landlord or on behalf of same. Often abbreviated "super".

(chiefly, US) A janitor.