leadman

The male leader of a group of workers, who reports to a supervisor.

Noun

  1. The male leader of a group of workers, who reports to a supervisor.
    • Such a light and metal'd dance / Saw you never yet in France / And by lead-men for the nones, / That turn round like grindlestones - a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting...
  2. One who leads a dance
  3. A member of the set decoration department on a film set who is responsible for the props and swing gang and/or set dressers.

Origin

From lead + -man.

Forms

leadmen