leader

Meaning

1. Any person who leads or directs.
2. Any person who leads or directs.
3. Any person who leads or directs.
4. Any person who leads or directs.
5. Any person who leads or directs.
6. Any person who leads or directs.
7. Any person who leads or directs.
8. An animal that leads.
9. An animal that leads.
10. An animal that leads.
11. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
12. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
13. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
14. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
15. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
16. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
17. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
18. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
19. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
20. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
21. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
22. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
23. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
24. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
25. Someone or something that leads or conducts.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈliː.də(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English leder, ledere, from Old English lǣdere (“leader”), equivalent to lead + -er. Cognate with Scots ledar, leidar (“leader”), West Frisian lieder (“leader”), Dutch leider (“leader”), German Leiter (“leader, conductor, manager”), Danish leder (“leader, manager”), Swedish ledare (“leader, conductor, director”), Icelandic leiðari (“leader, conductor”).