"ringleader" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹɪŋˌliːdəɹ/ Forms: ringleaders [plural]
Etymology: From ring + leader. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ring|leader}} ring + leader Head templates: {{en-noun}} ringleader (plural ringleaders)
  1. A leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group. Translations (leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group): taldeburu (Basque), buruzagi (Basque), gidari (Basque), важа́к (važák) [masculine] (Belarusian), павады́р (pavadýr) [masculine] (Belarusian), верхаво́д (vjerxavód) [masculine] (Belarusian), завада́тар (zavadátar) [masculine] (Belarusian), главата́р (glavatár) [masculine] (Bulgarian), meneur [masculine] (French), chef [masculine] (French), leader (French), Anführer [masculine] (German), Anführerin [feminine] (German), vezér (Hungarian), vezető (Hungarian), prowodyr [masculine] (Polish), prowodyrka [feminine] (Polish), wodzirej [masculine] (Polish), wodzirejka [feminine] (Polish), вожа́к (vožák) [masculine] (Russian), глава́рь (glavárʹ) [masculine] (Russian), верхово́д (verxovód) [masculine] (Russian), cabecilla [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), malahakan (Tagalog), ватажо́к (vatažók) [masculine] (Ukrainian), вожа́к (vožák) [masculine] (Ukrainian), поводи́р (povodýr) [masculine] (Ukrainian), вожа́й (vožáj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), повода́р (povodár) [masculine] (Ukrainian), верхово́д (verxovód) [masculine] (Ukrainian), верхово́да (verxovóda) [masculine] (Ukrainian), вата́г (vatáh) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ватажко́ (vatažkó) [masculine] (Ukrainian), приві́дець (pryvídecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-ringleader-en-noun-jXOKcjTD Disambiguation of 'leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group': 100 0
  2. A person who starts and leads a disturbance (such as a riot), a conspiracy, or a criminal gang. Categories (topical): Leaders Translations (person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang): та́ртор (tártor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), raddraaier [masculine] (Dutch), meneur [masculine] (French), chef [masculine] (French), leader (French), Rädelsführer [masculine] (German), Rädelsführerin [feminine] (German), bandavezér (Hungarian), főkolompos (Hungarian), 首謀者 (shubōsha) (alt: しゅぼうしゃ) (Japanese), concitor [masculine] (Latin), ard-veereiltagh [masculine] (Manx), herszt [masculine] (Polish), prowodyr [masculine] (Polish), prowodyrka [feminine] (Polish), wodzirej [masculine] (Polish), wodzirejka [feminine] (Polish), зачи́нщик (začínščik) [masculine] (Russian), зачи́нщица (začínščica) [feminine] (Russian), anstiftare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ringleader-en-noun-ZfrDyCJI Disambiguation of Leaders: 27 73 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of 'person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang': 1 99

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Alternative forms

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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wodzirejka"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "začínščik",
          "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "зачи́нщик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "začínščica",
          "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "зачи́нщица"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "anstiftare"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹɪŋˌliːdəɹ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ringleader"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Basque translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Manx translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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  "etymology_text": "From ring + leader.",
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      "tags": [
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "2017, Allyson Kennedy, Can't Beat the Heart of a Carolina Girl:",
          "text": "Once, on a confident whim, I approached the group of popular girls in an attempt to broaden my circle. Their ringleader took one glance at my new Aeropostale T-shirt and whispered to her clones, “Yeah, Aero's definitely out now.”",
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        {
          "text": "The police arrested the ringleaders of the smuggling operation.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1590, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 2:",
          "text": "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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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "word": "taldeburu"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "word": "buruzagi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "word": "gidari"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "važák",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "важа́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pavadýr",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "павады́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vjerxavód",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "верхаво́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zavadátar",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "завада́тар"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glavatár",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "главата́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meneur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chef"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "word": "leader"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Anführer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anführerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "word": "vezér"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "word": "vezető"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prowodyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prowodyrka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wodzirej"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wodzirejka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vožák",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вожа́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glavárʹ",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "глава́рь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "verxovód",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "верхово́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cabecilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "word": "malahakan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vatažók",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ватажо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vožák",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вожа́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "povodýr",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "поводи́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vožáj",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вожа́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "povodár",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "повода́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "verxovód",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "верхово́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "verxovóda",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "верхово́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vatáh",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вата́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vatažkó",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ватажко́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryvídecʹ",
      "sense": "leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "приві́дець"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tártor",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "та́ртор"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "raddraaier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meneur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chef"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "word": "leader"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rädelsführer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rädelsführerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "word": "bandavezér"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "word": "főkolompos"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しゅぼうしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shubōsha",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "word": "首謀者"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "concitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ard-veereiltagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "herszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prowodyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prowodyrka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wodzirej"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wodzirejka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "začínščik",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зачи́нщик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "začínščica",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зачи́нщица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "anstiftare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ringleader"
}

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