WordNet
trend-setter
n. someone who popularizes a new fashion [syn: taste-maker, fashion arbiter]
Usage examples of "trend-setter".
She had always been popular with the other nurses, and her winning personality, her capacity for hard work and her unselfish attitude had seen her emerge, not only as one of the most senior nursing staff for her age, but also as an example and a trend-setter amongst the younger nurses.
Once, California had been a political leader, a trend-setter, with a tremendous influx of tourists and prospective residents.