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noun
an important or influential person: a leading light of the community.
Origin:
1870–75
1870–75
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Leading light
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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World English Dictionary
| leading light (ˈliːdɪŋ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an important or outstanding person, esp in an organization or cause |
| 2. | nautical a less common term for range light |
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Idioms & Phrases
leading light
An important or influential individual, as in Jim was a leading light in his community. This expression, alluding to moral guidance, dates from about 1870, but terms such as a shining light have been used for an outstanding person since the first half of the 1500s.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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