majority leader

American  

noun

1. the leader of the majority party in a legislative body, especially the party member who directs the activities of the majority party on the floor of either the Senate or the House of Representatives.

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majority leader Cultural  

1. The leader of the party that holds a majority of seats in either house of Congress or of a state legislature. Selected by their own party caucus es, majority leaders act as chief spokespersons and strategists for their parties. In the House of Representatives, the majority leader is second in command of his party, after the Speaker of the House. (See also minority leader.)

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Etymology

Origin of majority leader

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55

Example Sentences

She served as a Democrat in the Assembly and state Senate and became the Senate’s first woman majority leader in 2005.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

“We are confronting death on a scale that we haven’t seen before because of the size of the baby-boom generation,” said Sen. Jamie Pedersen, majority leader of the Washington state senate, who shepherded the legislation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Romero served in the state Senate and Assembly for about 12 years, including three as the state Senate’s first female majority leader.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026

Tillis, then speaker of the North Carolina House, and Paul “Skip” Stam, then the General Assembly’s majority leader, confirmed that Newby’s opinion was taken into account.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025

Trent Lott, the majority leader of the U.S.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt