*leader*

n. (Naut.) A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who leads others by his example; a guide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One who prosecutes or sues another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who interpleads. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the same debt, duty, or thing is claimed adversely by two or more parties, to compel them to litigate the right or title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself from the suits which they might otherwise bring against him. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor. Especially: (a) One who goes first. (b) One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander. (c) (Mus.) 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. (d) (Naut.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places. (e) (Mach.) The principal wheel in any kind of machinery. [ Obs. or R. ] G. Francis. (f) A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

He forgot to pull in his leaders, and they gallop away with him at times. Hare.

(g) A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor. (h) (Fishing) 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. (i) (Mining) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Print.) (a) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face. (b) pl. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- chief; chieftain; commander. See Chief. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. lacking a leader; as, a leaderless mob running riot in the streets. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the body of people who lead a group; the leadership{ 3 }; as, they hung the leaders of the insurrection.
Syn. -- leadership. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The office, position or function of a leader; as, Gingrich held the House leadership for six years. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality of character and personality giving a person the ability to gain the confidence of and lead others; as, Washington's leadership was indispensible to success of the American Revolution. [ PJC ]

3. The people who serve as leaders of a group; as, the party leadership was in disarray after the election. [ PJC ]

n. an article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers.
Syn. -- drawing card, loss leader, leader. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Politics) The leader of the majority party in a legislature. Compare minority leader. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who leads into error. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. plaideur. ] 1. One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate. [ 1913 Webster ]

So fair a pleader any cause may gain. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) A second pleading, or course of pleadings; also, the right of pleading again. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whenever a repleader is granted, the pleadings must begin de novo. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]