floor leader
noun
: a member of a legislative body chosen by a party to have charge of its organization and strategy on the floor
Examples of floor leader in a Sentence
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Cross, a former economic development official, is majority House Republicans’ assistant majority floor leader.
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Megan Sims, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2023
California State Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D., San Diego), center, talks with Republican floor leader Brian Jones of Santee and Sen. Janet Nguyen (R., Huntington Beach) at the Capitol in Sacramento last month.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 17 July 2023
Ashworth, sources said, commanded a name, image and likeness payment in the low six figures and leaves new Utah State coach Danny Sprinkle without a first-team all-conference floor leader who averaged 16.2 points and 4.5 assists while shooting 43.4 percent from deep.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2023
New Rockets coach Ime Udoka now has his floor leader.
—Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
Andrew Beeler, the Republicans’ assistant floor leader in the Michigan House, told me.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
The group is led by several current committee and caucus chairs, including Finance Chairman Scott Waguespack, 32nd, with support from Lightfoot’s floor leader, Rules Committee Chair Michelle Harris, 8th; Black Caucus Chair Jason Ervin, 28th; and Latino Caucus Chair Gilbert Villegas, 36th.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
When healthy, Johnson was IU's floor leader, who found a groove in the pick-and-roll game with Tryace Jackson-Davis.
—Matthew Glenesk, The Indianapolis Star, 5 June 2023
And the Celtics needed a definitive floor leader, especially late in Games 1 and 2 against the Heat.
—Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
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Megan Sims, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2023
California State Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D., San Diego), center, talks with Republican floor leader Brian Jones of Santee and Sen. Janet Nguyen (R., Huntington Beach) at the Capitol in Sacramento last month.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 17 July 2023
Ashworth, sources said, commanded a name, image and likeness payment in the low six figures and leaves new Utah State coach Danny Sprinkle without a first-team all-conference floor leader who averaged 16.2 points and 4.5 assists while shooting 43.4 percent from deep.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2023
New Rockets coach Ime Udoka now has his floor leader.
—Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
Andrew Beeler, the Republicans’ assistant floor leader in the Michigan House, told me.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
The group is led by several current committee and caucus chairs, including Finance Chairman Scott Waguespack, 32nd, with support from Lightfoot’s floor leader, Rules Committee Chair Michelle Harris, 8th; Black Caucus Chair Jason Ervin, 28th; and Latino Caucus Chair Gilbert Villegas, 36th.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
When healthy, Johnson was IU's floor leader, who found a groove in the pick-and-roll game with Tryace Jackson-Davis.
—Matthew Glenesk, The Indianapolis Star, 5 June 2023
And the Celtics needed a definitive floor leader, especially late in Games 1 and 2 against the Heat.
—Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above
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“Floor leader.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floor%20leader. Accessed 23 Sep. 2023.
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