Definition of Ringliader
Ring"lead`er (?), n. 1.
The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number
of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals.
A primacy of order, such an one as the
ringleader hath in a dance. Barrow.
2. Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men
engaged in the violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as
rioters, mutineers, or the like.
The ringleaders were apprehended, tried, fined,
and imprisoned. Macaulay.
Ring"lead`er (?), n. 1.
The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number
of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals.
A primacy of order, such an one as the
ringleader hath in a dance. Barrow.
2. Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men
engaged in the violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as
rioters, mutineers, or the like.
The ringleaders were apprehended, tried, fined,
and imprisoned. Macaulay.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a person who starts and leads a disturbance (such as a riot), a conspiracy, or a criminal gang
- The police arrested the ringleaders of the smuggling operation.
- (1590): William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 2: A sort of naughty persons, lewdly bent, / Under the countenance and confederacy / Of Lady Eleanor, the protector's wife, / The ringleader and head of all this rout, / Have practis'd dangerously against your state...
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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