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placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses. He forgot to pull in his leaders, and they gallop away with him at times. Hare.

The office of a leader.

A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope.

One who leads others by his example; aguide.

One who prosecutes or sues another.

One who interpleads.

One who leads into error.

One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate. So fair a pleader any cause may gain. Dryden.

second pleading, or course of pleadings; also, the right of pleading again. Whenever a repleader is granted, the pleadings must begin de novo. Blackstone.

The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals. A primacy of order, such an one as the ringleader hath in a dance. Barrow.

One who sings the leading part; the director or leader. [Obs.]

A Christian sect without a leader.

Without a leader or chief.

nion or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church.

One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church.

One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth.

Former; sometime. [Obs.] They mourned their ancient leader lost. Pope. Ancient demesne (Eng. Law), a tenure by which all manors belonging to the crown, in the reign of William the Conqueror, were held. The numbers, names, etc., of these were all entered in a book called Domesday Book. -- Ancient lights (Law), windows…

One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.

endelssohn, and Herder were representative thinkers, while the political doctrines of the leaders of the American Revolution and the speculations of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine represented the movement in America.

fighting. (b) Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted. M. Arnold. -- Bear leader, one who leads about a performing bear for money; hence, a facetious term for one who takes charge of a young man on his travels.