pacesetter

One who or that which determines the rate of action through leading.

Noun

  1. One who or that which determines the rate of action through leading.
    • It’s all been a dreadful embarrassment, but why should anyone outside Germany be concerned? Because Documenta was always a pacesetter — and this year’s edition certainly put its finger on a larger shift, seen too in our...

    Coordinate Terms: pacemaker trendsetter

Origin

From pace + setter.

Forms

pacesetters pace-setter pace setter

Related

bring up the rear take up the running