Leading light

noun

Definitions

1.nounAn acclaimed expert, one of the foremost experts, a luminary.

"Stephen Hawking is a leading light in physics, people say he's the greatest physicist since Einstein."

2.nounA light that helps to guide vessels into a port.

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