local leader

collocation in English

meaningsoflocalandleader

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local
adjective
uk
/ˈləʊ.kəl/us
/ˈloʊ.kəl/
from, existing in, serving, or responsible for a small area, especially of ...
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leader
noun[C]
uk
/ˈliː.dər/us
/ˈliː.dɚ/
a person in control of a group, country, ...
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(Definition oflocalandleaderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflocal leader

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Being alocalleaderyou were prevented from leaving the area to make money.
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Hence, where a group felt oppressed by a local headman, it could nominate and elect its ownlocalleaderto escape this oppression.
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She should be alocalleaderin the area.
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Yet thelocalleaderof the council will speak on education, along with his or her chair of education.
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If alocalleadergets an endorsement that he has, then he can go on with greater confidence.
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Usually there is somelocalleaderwho has a home to which he invites his friends and neighbours.
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There he became a well-known communistlocalleader.
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He impresses him to becomelocalleaderof the party.
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Here, too, he encountered a hostilelocalleader.
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He was the best-knownlocalleaderof this tendency.
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Hersir was again redefined later on, to mean alocalleaderor representative.
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The school is known as being alocalleaderin soccer.
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The local church maintained its autonomous character under itslocalleader.
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Reportedly, the demonstration was organized to display the publics discontent with alocalleader.
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Hitherto they were seen as highjacked either by a contractor or alocalleader.
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There might have been a permanent settlement, a village or the seat of alocalleader.
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With the help of her family, he became a successful cotton planter andlocalleader.
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It has been interpreted as a memorial to thelmund, perhaps alocalleaderor missionary.
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It was a place for thelocalleaderto live and a defense when a city was under attack.
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Historians today generally view him as an importantlocalleaderwho influenced a wider movement that he did not command.
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They are told the final decision rests with thelocalleader, who grudgingly agrees to the calendar's sale.
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It is not known exactly who is buried there, but it is presumed to be a powerfullocalleader.
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Each "dong" had its ownlocalleader, responsible for maintaining the order and of collecting the taxes.
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Mourning may also apply to the death of, or anniversary of the death of, an important individual like alocalleader, monarch, religious figure, etc.
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