Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who leads in anything, as in a dance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who leads a dance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
male leader of a group ofworkers , who reports to asupervisor . - noun obsolete One who
leads adance .
Etymologies
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Examples
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When I first heard leadman Zach Condon's warbly voice over what I immediately identified as gypsy music, Beirut made sense.
Adam Clark Estes: Beirut Plays The Guggenheim, Pastiche Meets Perilous Hipster Reality 2010
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Jewcy editor Izzy Grinspan has a meditation on Counting Crows leadman Adam Duritz that hit a little close to home for this formerly moody high school student when she wrote, the Counting Crows became a sort of gateway drug — the last mainstream band they ever liked.
Shabbat Surfing: Big Weekend For Jewish Films « The Blog at 16th and Q 2008
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"This is the biggest show we've ever played," Michael Agelakos, Passion Pit's leadman, confided to the audience with awe, before asking who had been at the smaller Terminal 5 or even tinier Pianos shows.
Zara Golden: Passion Pit Plays For An Eager Prospect Park 2010
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There he helped himself to a cup of coffee and talked the day's work over with Susan Compo, the union rep, Earl Jones, his leadman, and big Sam "The Man"
SHADOW TREASURES 2009
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At eleven thirty Ed left his leadman in command and went down to the ground.
SHADOW TREASURES 2009
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At eleven thirty Ed left his leadman in command and went down to the ground.
SHADOW TREASURES 2009
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There he helped himself to a cup of coffee and talked the day's work over with Susan Compo, the union rep, Earl Jones, his leadman, and big Sam "The Man"
SHADOW TREASURES 2009
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Or were the credited PA's up to the the task of doing the work that would normally be assumed by a decorator, leadman, and set dressing crew?
"... a thing" Rogers 2008
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But he saw three climbers remaining, the leadman suspended from a rope cramponed into the rock face perhaps a hundred feet down.
The Arsenal Ahern, Jerry 1988
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Their leadman called their portion of the strike off, and as my machine was still doing OK, I took our flights over to their position and we managed to draw most of the Migs off them as they limped home licking their wounds.
Thud Ridge Broughton, Jack, 1925- 1969
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