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leading light
[ lee-ding ]
noun
- an important or influential person:
a leading light of the community.
leading light
/ ˈ±ô¾±Ë»åɪŋ /
noun
- an important or outstanding person, esp in an organization or cause
- nautical a less common term for range light
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of leading light1
Idioms and Phrases
An important or influential individual, as in Jim was a leading light in his community . This expression, alluding to moral guidance, dates from about 1870, but terms such as a shining light have been used for an outstanding person since the first half of the 1500s.Example Sentences
How big is the threat posed to Rory McIlroy's quest for the career Grand Slam by the leading lights of the LIV Golf League?
Introducing a legal right to miscarriage bereavement leave would be "a leading light in a world which seems to be taking a backward step in women's rights," she added.
Until a few weeks ago, the Left party looked doomed when one of its leading lights, Sahra Wagenknecht, went off and founded her own, more populist, party with eight other MPs.
Salah has been their leading light from the start of the season and his latest goal took him to 19 for the season - the most by any player in the Premier League at this stage.
Colleagues of Birmingham Royal Ballet's former chief executive Caroline Miller have paid tribute following her death, describing her as a "leading light" who displayed "unbridled enthusiasm, dedication and loyalty".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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