‖hoofleier, noun

/ˈhʊəfleɪə(r)/
Forms:
Also with initial capital.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, hoof chief + leier leader.
The chief executive or leader of a predominantly Afrikaans commercial enterprise, organization, or political party.
1948 Press Digest No.5, 37Dr Diedrichs was retiring as hoofleier of the RDB (sc. Reddingsdaadbond) but would remain on as a member of the Executive.
1948 Press Digest No.7, 50Mr. L.T. Weichardt, Hoofleier of the Blanke Werkers Party (Greyshirts) will address a public meeting in the City Hall, Brakpan.
1952 B. Davidson Report on Sn Afr. 159Of commercial organizations then founded, the Reddingsdaadbond is probably the most important; according to a statement by Dr. Diedrichs, the Hoofleier of the Reddingsdaadbond.
1977 Sunday Times 27 Nov. 3Now the question I wish to put to the Hoofleier is this: With these two trains racing towards each other at 100 miles an hour on a single-track railway, how would the Hoofleier avoid a head-on collision?
1984 Frontline Mar. 44The office marked ‘Hoofleier’ is extravagantly long. Quite enormous. The Hoofleier himself is seated at a desk so far away, haloed against the window behind him, that it is difficult for a moment to make him out.
The chief executive or leader of a predominantly Afrikaans commercial enterprise, organization, or political party.
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