coryphaeus

noun

Definition of coryphaeusnext
as in leader

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  1. leader
  2. traitor
  3. renegade
Noun
  • The Olympic Journey: Failure In 2008 Elana had finished an outstanding college softball career at GWU as the all-time leader in many offensive categories.
    — Tim Genske, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The Department of Homeland Security accused her of attending a funeral for a Hezbollah leader.
    — Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of leader
Noun
  • There are people in the government who qualify for the term traitor.
    — Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Clearly, curator Samantha Johnston, who also happens to be CPAC’s executive director, is playing the traitor here by engaging with artists whose main tools are prompts, entered into programs, which generate images based on billions of data sets stored digitally around the globe.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of traitor
Noun
  • Sports Illustrated even called for UM to disband what was seen then as a renegade football program led by a coach playing by his own rules.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Some have held him up as a renegade, choosing freedom over the comforts of domestic life.
    — Rick Rojas, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Definition of renegade
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