Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Spearhead"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spearhead \Spear"head`\, n.
The pointed head, or end, of a spear.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spearhead
n 1: someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or
campaign etc.)
2: the leading military unit in an attack
3: the head and sharpened point of a spear [syn: {spearpoint}]
v : be the leader of; "She spearheded the effort to find a cure
for the disease"
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