"foreleader" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foreleaders [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English forleder, equivalent to fore- + leader. Compare Dutch voorleider, German Vorleiter. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forleder}} Middle English forleder, {{pre|en|fore|leader}} fore- + leader, {{cog|nl|voorleider}} Dutch voorleider, {{cog|de|Vorleiter}} German Vorleiter Head templates: {{en-noun}} foreleader (plural foreleaders)
  1. One who leads others by example; a guide.

Inflected forms

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