leading person
Example Sentences
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He is an absolutely leading person in that club.
From BBC ● May 4, 2025
Some leading person must produce fashion at first hand, and why not Mrs. Proudie?
From Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope
It appears that Governor Hutchinson was a leading person in dissolving the bank, and from that time Adams was the bitter enemy of Hutchinson and the government.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by James H. Stark
The leading person is a Virginian, who in 1773 moved westward with his family, and settled in the Ohio valley.
From Brother Against Brother The War on the Border by Oliver Optic
In the struggle, as in the previous consultation, the source from which Herodotus has drawn represents Gobryas as the leading person next to Darius.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Max Duncker
