Obs. [f. leads, genitive of LEAD sb.2 + MAN.] A guide, = LODESMAN.
c. 1510. Gest R. Hode, VII. 369, in Child, Ballads (1888), III. 74/1. I wyll be your ledës-man, And lede you the way.
1598. Barret, Theor. Warres, 29. They find their leadsman before them in their due distance.
