Definitions for: Ringleader

[n] a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)

Webster (1913) Definition: Ring"lead`er, n.
1. The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a
number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of
animals.

A primacy of order, such an one as the ringleader
hath in a dance. --Barrow.

2. Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men engaged in the
violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as rioters,
mutineers, or the like.

The ringleaders were apprehended, tried, fined, and
imprisoned. --Macaulay.

See Also: firebrand, inciter, instigant, instigator, provoker

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