majority leader

[majority leader] {n.}

The leader of the political party with the most votes in a legislative house.

* /The majority leader of the House of Representatives tried to get the members of his party to support the bill./

Compare: MINORITY LEADER.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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