Definition of Misleader

1. Noun. Someone who leads astray (often deliberately).

Generic synonyms: Leader, Beguiler, Cheat, Cheater, Deceiver, Slicker, Trickster
Derivative terms: Mislead, Mislead

Definition of Misleader

1. n. One who leads into error.

Definition of Misleader

1. Noun. One who leads into error. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Misleader

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Misleader

mislabored
mislaboring
mislabors
mislactation
mislaid
mislaid properties
mislaid property
mislain
mislay
mislayer
mislayers
mislaying
mislays
misle
mislead
misleader (current term)
misleaders
misleading
misleadingly
misleadingness
misleads
misleared
mislearn
mislearned
mislearning
mislearns
mislearnt
misled
misleeke
misleeked

Literary usage of Misleader

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Stc\ft, Dreams. misleader ... One who misleads or draws (¡mother) into error. That villanous abominable misleader of youth, ..."

2. Seven Ages of Childhood by Ella Lyman Cabot (1921)
"The gang begins to degenerate largely through three causes, a strong misleader, a weak undoer, or a softening of outgrown gang structure. ..."

3. Trust Legislation: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of by Henry De Lamar Clayton (1911)
"But the cut-price article would more appropriately be termed a "misleader"; because ordinarily the very purpose of the cut price is to create a false ..."

4. A New English-German and German-English Dictionary: Containing All the Words by Adolphus Bernays (1834)
"... (ft- —ncn) misleader, seducer. '!' ale Jan, va to spend in a frivolous and luxurious manner. ..."

5. The Soliloquies of St. Augustine by Augustine, Rose Elizabeth Cleveland (1910)
"But the fictitious I call that which is produced by makers of fiction: these differ from the misleading in this, that every misleader has a desire to ..."

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