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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Belwethernoun
A sheep which leads the flock with a bell on his neck.
Etymology: from bell and wether.
The fox will serve my sheep to gather,
And drive to follow after their belwether. Edmund Spenser, Hub. Tale.To offer to get your living by the copulation of cattle; to be a bawd to a belwether. William Shakespeare, As you like it.
The flock of sheep, and belwether, thinking to break into another’s pasture, and being to pass over another bridge, justled till both fell into the ditch. James Howell, England’s Tears.
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belwether
A bellwether is a leader or an indicator of trends.In politics, the term often applies in a metaphorical sense to characterize a geographic region where political tendencies match in microcosm those of a wider area, such that the result of an election in the former region might predict the eventual result in the latter. In economics, a 'bellwether' is a leading indicator of an economic trend.Sociologists apply the term in the active sense to a person or group of people who tend to create, influence, or set trends.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of belwether in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of belwether in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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