leading person
Example Sentences
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He is an absolutely leading person in that club.
From BBC • May 4, 2025
To see a well-fed ox, signifies that you will become a leading person in your community, and receive much adulation from women.
From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Miller, Gustavus Hindman
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 Stark, James H.
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
