'Bellwether' definitions:
Definition of 'bellwether'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity
noun
Sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell
Definition of 'Bellwether'
From: GCIDE
- Bellwether \Bell"weth`er\, n.
- 1. A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: A leader. [Contemptuous] --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bellwether'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ancestor,
- announcer,
- antecedent,
- avant-garde,
- bell cow,
- bell mare,
- born leader,
- buccinator,
- bushwhacker,
- charismatic leader,
- choirmaster,
- choragus,
- conductor,
- coryphaeus,
- doyen,
- duce,
- ewe,
- ewe lamb,
- explorer,
- file leader,
- forebear,
- foregoer,
- forerunner,
- front runner,
- frontiersman,
- fugleman,
- groundbreaker,
- guide,
- harbinger,
- herald,
- innovator,
- inspired leader,
- jumbuck,
- lamb,
- lambkin,
- lead,
- lead runner,
- leader,
- leader of men,
- Mahdi,
- messenger,
- messiah,
- mutton,
- pacemaker,
- pacesetter,
- pathfinder,
- pilot,
- pioneer,
- point,
- precedent,
- precentor,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- ram,
- ringleader,
- scout,
- sheep,
- standard-bearer,
- stormy petrel,
- symphonic conductor,
- teg,
- torchbearer,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- tup,
- vanguard,
- vaunt-courier,
- voortrekker,
- wether,
- yeanling