leader (n.)

• ace
• analysis
• ancestor
• announcer
• antecedent
• article
• avant-garde
• bandmaster
• bellwether
• bidet
• bigwig
• boss
• buccinator
• bushwhacker
• captain
• catechism
• chairman
• champion
• chief
• chieftain
• choirmaster
• choragus
• civilian
• cock
• commandant
• commander
• comment
• commentary
• commodity
• conductor
• criticism
• critique
• cross-question
• dean
• demand
• dignitary
• director
• doyen
• doyenne
• drug
• duce
• editorial
• eminence
• explorer
• feature
• feeler
• filler
• forebear
• foreman
• forerunner
• frontiersman
• fugleman
• gaffer
• general
• genius
• gloss
• groundbreaker
• guide
• hack
• hackney
• harbinger
• head
• headman
• herald
• hierarch
• higher-up
• honcho
• hunter
• innovator
• inquiry
• interrogation
• interrogative
• interrogatory
• issue
• item
• jument
• kingfish
• kingpin
• laureate
• lead
• lion
• luminary
• manager
• master
• messenger
• messiah
• mount
• mouthpiece
• nonpareil
• notability
• notice
• pacemaker
• pacesetter
• palfrey
• paragon
• pathfinder
• personage
• pilot
• pioneer
• point
• post-horse
• precedent
• precentor
• precursor
• predecessor
• principal
• problem
• prodigy
• product
• prosecutor
• publicist
• query
• question
• quodlibet
• rector
• remark
• remount
• report
• review
• rider
• ringleader
• roadster
• ruler
• saddler
• scout
• senior
• silk
• special
• stalking-horse
• standard-bearer
• staple
• star
• sumpter
• superintendent
• superior
• superman
• superstar
• topic
• torchbearer
• trailblazer
• vanguard
• virtuoso
• ware
• wheeler
• workhorse