coryphaeus

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from (possibly ultimately from ) +.

Noun

 * 1)  The conductor or leader of the chorus of a drama.
 * 2)  The chief or leader of an interest or party.
 * 3) * 1986, Ladislav Matejka, I. R. Titunik, Translators' Preface, V. N. Vološinov, Marxism and the Philosophy of Language, page vii,
 * Among those rare exceptions, fortunately, was that coryphaeus of modern thought in the humanities, Professor Roman Jakobson.
 * 1) * 1997, Ignaz Goldziher, Wolfgang Behn (editor and translator), The Zāhirīs: Their Doctrine and Their History, page 123,
 * Indeed, when we make a comparative study of the Zāhirite school's known coryphaei of the different periods for their dogmatic point of view, we shall soon find out that the most divergent, diametrically opposed dogmatic branches could be combined as belonging to the Zāhirite fiqh school.
 * 1) The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers.
 * 1) * 1986, Ladislav Matejka, I. R. Titunik, Translators' Preface, V. N. Vološinov, Marxism and the Philosophy of Language, page vii,
 * Among those rare exceptions, fortunately, was that coryphaeus of modern thought in the humanities, Professor Roman Jakobson.
 * 1) * 1997, Ignaz Goldziher, Wolfgang Behn (editor and translator), The Zāhirīs: Their Doctrine and Their History, page 123,
 * Indeed, when we make a comparative study of the Zāhirite school's known coryphaei of the different periods for their dogmatic point of view, we shall soon find out that the most divergent, diametrically opposed dogmatic branches could be combined as belonging to the Zāhirite fiqh school.
 * 1) The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers.
 * 1) The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers.
 * 1) The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: korifeo
 * German:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: corifeu
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: корифеј
 * Roman:


 * Esperanto: korifeo
 * German:
 * Portuguese: corifeu
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: корифеј
 * Roman:

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) a leader, chief, head