English
Etymology
ring + leader
Pronunciation
IPA: /�rɪ��li�d�r/
Noun
en-noun
- a leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group
- a person who starts and leads a disturbance (such as a riot), a conspiracy, or a criminal gang
#* The police arrested the ringleaders of the smuggling operation.
#*(1590): William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 2: A sort of naughty persons, lewdly bent, / Under the countenance and confederacy / Of Lady Eleanor, the protector's wife, / The ringleader and head of all this rout, / Have practis'd dangerously against your state...
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