majority leader

noun

: a leader of the majority party in a legislative body (such as the U.S. Senate)

Examples of majority leader in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Soon after, Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google; Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Meta; and Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla, gathered in Washington for an A.I. forum hosted by the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York. Cecilia Kang, New York Times, 10 June 2024 Tom Daschle is a former U.S. Senate majority leader (D-S.D.), founder and CEO of The Daschle Group, and co-founder of the Bipartisan Policy Center. Tom Daschle and Kathleen G. Sebelius, STAT, 6 June 2024 Braun characterized Chambers' point as naive, saying that any bill on this topic would have to be brought by Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Democratic majority leader from New York. Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Mar. 2024 Still, other southern Democrats, such as Al Gore, Sr., and Johnson, then the Senate majority leader, decided not to sign the manifesto. Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021 See all Example Sentences for majority leader 

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Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of majority leader was in 1909

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“Majority leader.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority%20leader. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.

Legal Definition

majority leader

noun
majority lead·​er
: a leader of the majority party in a legislative body
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