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Definition of Ringleader
1. Noun. A person who leads (especially in illicit activities).
Definition of Ringleader
1. n. The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals.
Definition of Ringleader
1. Noun. a leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group ¹
2. Noun. a person who starts and leads a disturbance (such as a riot), a conspiracy, or a criminal gang ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ringleader
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ringleader
Literary usage of Ringleader
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One by Richard Miller Devens (1876)
"The chief ringleader in this deep-dyed and amazing plot of crime and blood, THE
BLACK FLAG. was TÍO less a person than Midshipman Philip Spencer, ..."
2. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1868)
"An English writer states that he sowed Button's ringleader and Dan ... On the
15th of May he had a good dish of Sutton's ringleader fit for gathering. ..."
3. Life of Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1908)
"... Pillage Private Residences and Public Stores—Forrest Charges with His Cavalry
and Restores Order—An Attempt to Kill Him by the ringleader of the Mob, ..."
4. Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1899)
"... Pillage Private Residences and Public Stores—Forrest Charges with His Cavalry
and Restores Order—An Attempt to Kill Him by the ringleader of the Mob, ..."
5. American Progress: Or, The Great Events of the Greatest Century, Including by Richard Miller Devens (1892)
"The chief ringleader in this deep-dyed and amazing plot of crime and blood, THE
BLACK FLAG. was no less a person than Midshipman Philip Spencer, ..."
6. History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient by William Hickling Prescott (1876)
"... punishment of the ringleader. He called his troops together, and briefly
explained to them the nature of the crime for which Villafana had suffered. ..."
7. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology by Joseph Thomas (1901)
"A desperate band of conspirators, of whom John Wilkes Booth, a native of Maryland,
was the ringleader, had for some time entertained the design of seizing ..."
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