Definition of Leader

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Leader

One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

One who goes first.

One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander.

A performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first violins.

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

The principal wheel in any kind of machinery.

A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses.

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

A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached.

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

The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.

A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.

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.

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Leader Quotations

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.
Vince Lombardi

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.
John Lennon

The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap.
Ayn Rand

Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved.
Theodore Roosevelt

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
Theodore Roosevelt

A leader is a dealer in hope.
Napoleon Bonaparte

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Lao Tzu

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
Lao Tzu

When the best leader's work is done the people say, "We did it ourselves."
Lao Tzu

Leader Translations

leader in Afrikaans is baas, leier
leader in Danish is chef, leder
leader in Dutch is gebieder, chef, aanvoerder, baas
leader in French is causeur, guide, animateur
leader in Italian is guida
leader in Latin is rector, dux ducis
leader in Norwegian is leder
leader in Swedish is ledare

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