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/lˈidərʃˌɪp/ Listen

noun

Leadership n.

The office, position or function of a leader; as, Gingrich held the House leadership for six years.

The quality of character and personality giving a person the ability to gain the confidence of and lead others; as, Washington's leadership was indispensible to success of the American Revolution.

The people who serve as leaders of a group; as, the party leadership was in disarray after the election.

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Etymology of 'Leadership'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Leadership" Quotes from Famous Books

... were not so great in numbers. But they were very great in leadership. They were a race of rulers. Picked men of Nordic stock to start with, they had learnt the best that France could teach them: Roman law and order and the art of founding empires, Frankish love of freedom, a touch of Celtic ...

— Flag and Fleet - How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas • William Wood

... developed the splendid talents which he possessed. Wayward and affected in little things, Pitt attacked the great problems of government with the bold confidence of a master spirit, impressing the clear genius of his leadership upon the yearning heart of England in every emergency of peace or war. Too great to be consistent, he never hesitated to change his tactics or his opinion when the occasion developed the utility of another course. Ordinary ...

— A Short History of Pittsburgh • Samuel Harden Church

... away, and then they form a labour union. And the more sensible and intelligent they become, the easier it is for the labour leaders, the walking delegates, and blood-sucking agitators to make fools of 'em. It's all a matter of leadership, Mr. Landover, as you will admit, any way you look at it. Well, ...

— West Wind Drift • George Barr McCutcheon

... term applied mainly to the traditionally communist states that looked to the former USSR for leadership; most are now evolving toward more democratic and market-oriented systems; also known formerly as the Second World or as the communist countries; through the 1980s, this group included Albania, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, GDR, Hungary, North ...

— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... parties broke camp simultaneously, Busa and his bearers taking the back trail up the path which they had all descended an hour earlier, while the others, under Earle's leadership, proceeded down the mountain side at their best speed, being impatient to reach the fertile, cultivated country bordering ...

— In Search of El Dorado • Harry Collingwood

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