LEADER

Definitions

1. 1. One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor. Especially:
2. 2. One who goes first.
3. 3. One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander.
4. 4. A horse 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.
5. 5. A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor. (h) (Fishing)
6. 6. 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.
7. 7. The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.
8. 8. A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face. (b) pl.
9. 9. 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.