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/ˈɹɪŋˌliːdəɹ/ · noun
A leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group..
Once, on a confident whim, I approached the group of popular girls in an attempt to broaden my circle. Their ringleader took one glance at my new Aeropostale T-shirt and whispered to her clones, “Yeah, Aero's definitely out now.”
The police arrested the ringleaders of the smuggling operation.
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 ringleaders of the gang were eventually hanged at Tyburn.
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Ring leader means A leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group..
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Once, on a confident whim, I approached the group of popular girls in an attempt to broaden my circle. Their ringleader took one glance at my new Aeropostale T-shirt and whispered to her clones, “Yeah, Aero's definitely out now.”
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