Leader | Mean of leader in English Dictionary

/ˈliːdɚ/

• Noun
• someone or something that leads others: such as
• someone who guides other people
1. He acted as our leader [=guide] on the climb.
2. The tour leader suggested several restaurants in the area.
• someone or something that is ahead of others in a race or competition
1. She was the leader for most of the race, but she eventually finished second.
2. He is the league leader in home runs. [=he has the most home runs in the league]
3. the leader board [=the list of players who are leading a golf tournament]

• a powerful person who controls or influences what other people do
1. The class focused on the great religious/political leaders of the last century.
2. the leader of an army
3. a gang leader
4. a leader of the antiwar movement
5. Some people are leaders, and some people are followers.
6. He's a born/natural leader. [=someone who has qualities that a good leader has]
• a person, group, or organization that is the best or most successful in some activity
1. The company has become a leader in developing new technology.
2. a market leader [=a product or company that is more successful than all competing products or companies]
• a person who leads a musical group
1. the leader of a popular big band of the 1930s
• the conductor of an orchestra
1. the orchestra leader