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bell cow

noun

Definitions

  1. The lead cow in a herd.

    • [he] also keeps a number of cows, one of which has a bell hung round its neck, which keeps ringing with every motion of the cow. The other cows follow the “bell cow,” and thus their whereabouts in the forest are readily got at.

  2. A leader

    A leader; an influencer.

    • When the issue is a political one, reporters tend to watch for the reactions of certain “bell cow” journalists.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA