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Bellwether   Listen
noun
Bellwether  n.  
1.
A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck.
2.
Hence: A leader. (Contemptuous)





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"Bellwether" Quotes from Famous Books



... their eager gaze on me, perching myself on the roof in position to grant them a fair view. Swarms of people come flocking up after me, evidently no more able to control their impulse to follow than if they were so many bleating sheep following the tinkling leadership of a bellwether or a goat. The caravanserai-jee begs me to come down again, fearing the weight will cause the roof to cave in. well-nigh at my wit's end what to do, I next take up a squatting position in a corner and resign myself to the unhappy fate ...
— Around the World on a Bicycle Volume II. - From Teheran To Yokohama • Thomas Stevens


Words linked to "Bellwether" :   leader, wether


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