leadman
noun/ˈliːdmən/
Etymology From lead + -man.
1
The male leader of a group of workers, who reports to a supervisor.
- Such a light and metal'd dance / Saw you never yet in France / And by lead-men for the nones, / That turn round like grindlestonesa. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:
2
Obsolete One who leads a dance
3
A member of the set decoration department on a film set who is responsible for the props and swing gang and/or set dressers.