group leader

noun

A person who assigns tasks at a workplace or joint activity and thus maintains the impression of placing themself above other people hierarchically.

Meanings

noungroup leader (plural group leaders)

plural group leaders · alternative groupleader

  1. A person who assigns tasks at a workplace or joint activity and thus maintains the impression of placing themself above other people hierarchically.

    The team was composed of the following people: […] 2. Mr. H. Gsänger, marketing economist (groupleader)

    1975, Hans Gsänger, How to Make Co-operative Marketing Viable. The Case of Sweet Orange Marketing in Thailand (Schriftenreihe des Fachbereichs Internationale Agrarentwicklung der Technischen Universität Berlin; 4), page 1
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    Merely checking a file to ascertain whether the groupleader had issued a prior oral warning cannot possibly be characterized as an “independent invention” of the complaint.

    1983, Labor Cases, volume 98, Commerce Clearing House, page 18-600b

    Campers might be required, for example, to get checked out by their groupleader or head counselor before proceeding to receive medical attention.

    2006, Mark S. Richman, The Ultimate Camp Counselor Manual. (How to Survive and Succeed Magnificently at Summer Camp), 2nd edition, New York · Lincoln · Shanghai: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 48
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