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bellwether: sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell; someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity

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doyen collapse

messiah collapse: an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742; the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people; Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer; any expected deliverer

pacesetter collapse: a leading instance in its field; "the new policy will be a pacesetter in community relations"

torchbearer collapse: a leader in a campaign or movement

groundbreaker collapse

mutton collapse

choirmaster collapse: the musical director of a choir

standard bearer collapse

lead the way collapse

ewe collapse: female sheep; a Kwa language spoken by the Ewe in Ghana and Togo and Benin; a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana

forebears collapse

ancestor collapse: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

predecessor collapse: one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)

bushwhacker collapse: a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War

frontiersman collapse: a man who lives on the frontier

spearhead collapse: the head and sharpened point of a spear; the leading military unit in an attack; someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.); be the leader of; "She spearheaded the effort to find a cure for the disease"

innovator collapse

front runner collapse

messenger collapse: a person who carries a message

go before collapse

fuhrer collapse

ringleader collapse: a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)

duce collapse: leader; "Mussolini was called Il Duce"

harbinger collapse: an indication of the approach of something or someone

precede collapse: furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"; move ahead (of others) in time or space; be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"; come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"

explorer collapse: someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)

outstrip collapse

precedent collapse: an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time; a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time); preceding in time, order, or significance

trailblazer collapse: someone who marks a trail by leaving blazes on trees

pathfinder collapse

vanguard collapse: the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field; "the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England"; "the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy"; the leading units moving at the head of an army

sheep collapse: woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat; a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision; "his students followed him like sheep"; a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon

avant garde collapse

announcer collapse: reads news, commercials on radio or television; someone who proclaims a message publicly

antecedent collapse: the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun; a preceding occurrence or cause or event; anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"; preceding in time or order

forerunner collapse

ram collapse: uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is `tup'"; a tool for driving or forcing something by impact; strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"

fugleman collapse: a leader and organizer and spokesman (especially a political leader); "a fugleman for the radical right"

conductor collapse: a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.; the person who leads a musical group; the person who collects fares on a public conveyance; a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat

lamb collapse: young sheep; the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food; a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child); a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters); English essayist (1775-1834); give birth to a lamb; "the ewe lambed"

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