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bellwether

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɛlwɛðə/Part of speech nounSorted beeehllrtwStarts with BEnds with R0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell

Word origin

From Middle English belwether, belleweder, equivalent to bell + wether (“castrated ram”).

Used in a sentence

  • Mortgage delinquencies often act as a bellwether for a forthcoming recession.
  • At Hampton Court the little flocks of visitors are not provided with an official bellwether, but are left to browse at discretion upon the local antiquities.
  • Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court races were once sleepy affairs. But over the past decade they have increasingly been seen as crucial national bellwethers.

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