Etymograph

English

spearheader

From spearhead + -er.

Formed from spearhead + -er

Middle English spere-hed ‘a spearhead’

English spearhead

Today it means

noun One who spearheads a movement, campaign, etc.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “spearheader”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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