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Bellwether

Bellwether Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bellwether? [n] sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell [n] someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bellwether: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bellwether: ancestor \| announcer \| antecedent \| avant-garde \| bell cow \| bell mare \| born leader \| buccinator \| bushwhacker \| charismatic leader \| choirmaster \| choragus \| conductor \| coryphaeus \| doyen \| duce \| ewe \| ewe lamb \| explorer \| file leader \| forebear \| foregoer \| forerunner \| front runner \| frontiersman \| fugleman \| groundbreaker \| guide \| harbinger \| herald \| innovator \| inspired leader \| jumbuck \| lamb \| lambkin \| lead \| lead runner \| leader \| leader of men \| Mahdi \| messenger \| messiah \| mutton \| pacemaker \| pacesetter \| pathfinder \| pilot \| pioneer \| point \| precedent \| precentor \| precursor \| predecessor \| ram \| ringleader \| scout \| sheep \| standard-bearer \| stormy petrel \| symphonic conductor \| teg \| torchbearer \| trailblazer \| trailbreaker \| tup \| vanguard \| vaunt-courier \| voortrekker \| wether \| yeanling See Also \| leader \| wether Bellwether In Webster's Dictionary \Bell"weth`er\, n. 1. A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck. 2. Hence: A leader. [Contemptuous] --Swift.

Bellwether Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bellwether?

[n] sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell
[n] someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bellwether:

See Also | leader | wether

Bellwether In Webster's Dictionary

\Bell"weth`er\, n.
1. A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on
   his neck.

2. Hence: A leader. [Contemptuous] --Swift.

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