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noun U.S. Government.

the majority leader or minority leader in either the Senate or the House of Representatives.

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Origin of floor leader

1895–1900; Americanism

Words nearby floor leader

floor furnace, flooring, flooring brad, flooring saw, floor lamp, floor leader, floor-length, floor loom, floorman, floor-manage, floor manager

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How to use floor leader in a sentence

Their leader, Njie, still going by “Dave” during the operation, would stay a safe distance away until the State House was secure.
The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country|Jacob Siegel|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What it endangers is a narrow conception of Russian power, understood through the eyes of its dictatorial leader.
Oliver Stone’s Latest Dictator Suckup|James Kirchick|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It is the kind of compassion espoused by every world religion and every revered religious leader.
In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He affected an anchorman finesse in apologizing for “past mistakes” as a Ku Klux Klan leader.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST

It was a Senate floor soap opera over none other than a soap-opera producer.
U.S. Embassies Have Always Been for Sale|William O’Connor|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
The inner ends of the burrows were enlarged with a depression in the floor, where the eggs were laid.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
Dockier, a prominent leader of the Levelers, in the times of the English commonwealth, was shot by order of the government.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Her feet felt rooted to the floor in the wonder and doubt of this strange occurrence.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Last night I saw Jean Baptiste lying prone upon the floor, and knew that she had beaten him down to it, and he had not resisted.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux

British Dictionary definitions for floor leader

floor leader

noun

US government a member of a legislative body who organizes his or her party's activities

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