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Today's Word "bellwether"

A leader of a movement or activity on

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bellwether \BEL-weth-uhr\ (noun) - A leader of a movement or activity; also, a leading indicator of future trends.

"Before the election in question, the state's proud citizens had fancied their state to be a sort of bellwether, feeling that as they went, so went the nation."

 

Bellwether is a compound of bell and wether, "a male sheep, usually castrated"; from the practice of hanging a bell from the neck of the leader of the flock.


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