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What (who) is BELLWETHER - definition
PERSON WHO LEADS OR INDICATES TRENDS
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bellwether
¦ noun
1. the leading sheep of a flock, often with a bell on its neck.
2. a leader or indicator of a trend.
bellwether
(bellwethers)
If you describe something as a bellwether, you mean that it is an indication of the way a situation is changing. (mainly AM JOURNALISM)
For decades the company was the bellwether of the British economy...
IBM is considered the bellwether stock on Wall Street.
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N n
Bellwether
·noun Hence: A leader.
II. Bellwether ·noun A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck.
Wikipedia
Bellwether
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.
Examples of use of BELLWETHER
1. "Colorado is a bellwether state – the bellwether state," says Caldara.
2. Technology stocks rose despite weakness from its bellwether stocks.
3. "Fifteen years ago, Fairfax was the bellwether," he said.
4. Height is considered a bellwether of a society‘s well–being.
5. But the bellwether will be its flagship in Camden.