leading person

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He is an absolutely leading person in that club.

From BBC • May 4, 2025

"As living in the same parish, you know, and being, perhaps—" the leading person in it, and the one who naturally rules the others.

From Framley Parsonage by Trollope, Anthony

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 Optic, Oliver

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

Leader.—Who is the leading person of the second period?

From Training the Teacher by Schauffler, A. F.