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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pacesetter
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ The pacesetter on Friday was Schumacher's teammate Rubens Barrichello, who clocked a lap record of one minute 28.965 seconds.
▪ To date, the banks have been among the pacesetters in western capital's Drang nach dem Osten.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
pacesetter

pacesetter \pacesetter\ n. A horse used to set the pace in racing.

Syn: pacer, pacemaker.

Wiktionary
pacesetter

n. A person who determines the rate of action through leading.

WordNet
pacesetter

  1. n. a leading instance in its field; "the new policy will be a pacesetter in community relations" [syn: pacemaker]

  2. a horse used to set the pace in racing [syn: pacer, pacemaker]

Wikipedia
Pacesetter

Pacesetter may refer to:

  • Pacesetter (fishing vessel), capsized January 27, 1996
  • Pacesetter Ltd, a defunct company that published role-playing and board games
  • Pacesetter Park in Sylvania, Ohio, United States
  • Pacesetter Propeller Works, a manufacturer of aircraft propellers
  • Pacemaker (running), a runner used to help establish fast racing times
  • Pacesetter Systems, a defunct biotechnology company
  • Pacesetter Novels, a series by African writers started in 1977

Usage examples of "pacesetter".

It was humiliating afterwards to find that his pacesetter had "saved the ship" while he had failed.

He'd arrive to the barely concealed smirk of his wife, Carol, sweat soaking through his Arrow Pacesetter shirt and Brooks Brothers' suit.

It was humiliating afterwards to find that his pacesetter had “saved the ship” while he had failed.

Although catering to a select group, the food that Delmonico's served and the dining policies that it established became the pacesetters for restaurants everywhere.

They're the technological pacesetters, and they dominate the biggest interstellar political units.

The two of them had hit it off immediately at Wright-Pat, partly, perhaps, because they appeared to be the two pacesetters in the testing.