leading person
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He is an absolutely leading person in that club.
From BBC • May 4, 2025
Leader.—Who is the leading person of the second period?
From Training the Teacher by Schauffler, A. F.
We three were met by as many Hurons, among whom was Jaap's friend 'Muss,' who was evidently the leading person of the party.
From Satanstoe by Cooper, James Fenimore
There were Caciques placed in the Villages, or some other leading person to hear suits and public demands.
From History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. by Means, Philip Ainsworth
His position as the principal man of his section of the town, and his own good sense, made him the leading person in his neighborhood.
From Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis by Cooke, George Willis