Meaning of BELLWETHER
| Pronunciation: | | 'bel`wedhur
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- [n] sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell
- [n] someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity
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| | Definition: | |  Bellwether
Trend-spotter Sandra Foster works for the Hi Tek company trying to create a theory about the nature of trends. Too bad the inept, and stunningly disorganized, interdepartmental assistant Flip is stymieing her progress. But Flip does introduce Sandra to biologist Bennett O`Reilly, whose work with chaos theories complements hers. When Sandra and Bennett decide to set up a joint project to test their ideas on the behavior of a flock of sheep, they realize that Flip, bumbling around, acting oddly, and sporting weird clothes, unknowingly acts as their office`s bellwether sheep. more details ... |
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| | Definition: | | \Bell"weth`er\, n.
1. A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on
his neck.
2. Hence: A leader. [Contemptuous] --Swift.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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