LE'ADER, noun 1. One that leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor. 2. A chief; a commander; a captain. 3. One who goes first. 4. The chief of a party or faction; as the leader of the whigs or of the tories; a leader of the Jacobins. 5. a performer who leads a band or choir in music.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI