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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ring-lee-der |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪŋˌli dər |
Definition of ringleader
Origin :- c.1500, from Middle English phrase to lead the ring (mid-14c.), probably from a medieval metaphor from dancing. See ring (n.1) + lead (v.1).
- noun leader
- He was particularly set against me, as I had been ringleader in the cobbing.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- I will not deny that I was a ringleader in this affair, though I know I had no other motive than escape.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Vallington, as the ringleader in this conspiracy, I call upon you for an answer.
- Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic
- At that speech, the red-faced man, who seemed to be the ringleader, eyed me narrowly.
- Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut
- It was at Boston, the ringleader in rebellion, that the issue was to be tried.
- Extract from : « Tea Leaves » by Various
- Peaks had exposed the ringleader, and the conspirators were finally beaten at their own game.
- Extract from : « Down the Rhine » by Oliver Optic
- Gerhardt, being regarded as the ringleader, was also branded on the chin.
- Extract from : « One Snowy Night » by Emily Sarah Holt
- As far as I can see, he's the ringleader in this disturbance.'
- Extract from : « The Magic Pudding » by Norman Lindsay
- Victor Malin was a ringleader from the first in this matter.
- Extract from : « The French Prisoners of Norman Cross » by Arthur Brown
- The outstretched arm of De Mauleon kept the ringleader at bay.
- Extract from : « The Parisians, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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