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n. - The leader of a group of people with common interests

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  • The Soviet Union was ferociously reviled by the reaction and its coryphaeus at the service of the exploiters.
  • It will be remembered that he was the martial coryphaeus who led my little army to war against Mirambo, chanting the battle-song of the
  • Hey, Rob, I love your far-out "what if -?" scenarios, Naturally, I'd enjoy the tiger getting his tail really twisted, but don't you feel Nancy would make a fine female first...
  • Walter Roman was not only "a member of the International Brigade in Spain" but also a prominent coryphaeus of the Communist Party and of the Comintern, who became also,...
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  • This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
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