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leading person

NOUN
hero/heroine
Synonyms
WEAK
ace adventurer celebrity combatant conqueror daredevil demigod diva exemplar gallant god goddess great person heavy ideal idol lead lion martyr model paladin person of the hour popular figure prima donna principal protagonist saint star superstar tin god victor worthy

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He is an absolutely leading person in that club.

From BBC • May 4, 2025

Henceforth you will be the leading person, the head of the house.

From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

The close of the letter put an important question affecting gravely a leading person in the tale. . . .

From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John

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

He was therefore apprehended, with Mr. John Oxenbridge, another leading person in the Association in Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, and they were both carried prisoners to the metropolis, by an order from Archbishop Grindal.

From Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Coleman, Thomas

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