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ringleader

/ˈɹɪŋˌliːdəɹ/

ringleader noun: a leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group.

Noun

ringleader (plural ringleaders)

  1. 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.”2017, Allyson Kennedy, Can't Beat the Heart of a Carolina Girl
  2. A person who starts and leads a disturbance (such as a riot), a conspiracy, or a criminal gang.
    • 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...1590, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 2

ringleader meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

ringleader in Tamil

கலகத் தலைவன்

ringleader in Urdu

سرغنہ

ringleader in Malayalam

ലഹളത്തലവൻ

ringleader in Kannada

ಮುಖ್ಯ ಚಿತಾವಣೆಗಾರ, ಎತ್ತಿ ಕಟ್ಟುವವರ ಮುಖಂಡ, ತುಂಟರ ಮುಖ್ಯಸ್ಥ, ಬಂಡಾಯ ನಾಯಕ, ಖಳನಾಯಕ, ಮುಖ್ಯ ಸಂಚುಗಾರ
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ringleader in Tagalog
malahakan

Forms of ringleader

pluralringleaders

Plural of ringleader: ringleaders

Origin of ringleader

From ring + leader.

Words formed from ringleader

Questions about ringleader

What does ringleader mean?
Ringleader means a leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group.
What is ringleader in Tamil?
Ringleader in Tamil is கலகத் தலைவன். See Ringleader meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ringleader?
Ringleader is a noun.
How do you pronounce ringleader?
Ringleader is pronounced /ˈɹɪŋˌliːdəɹ/.
What is the plural of ringleader?
The plural of ringleader is ringleaders.

Words near ringleader in the dictionary

  1. ringings
  2. Ringkøbing
  3. Ringland
  4. ringle
  5. ringlead
  6. ringleader
  7. ringleaders
  8. ringleadership
  9. ringleading
  10. ringleads
  11. ringled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ringleader (page history and authors); ringleader (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ringleader (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ringleader (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ringleader (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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