LEADER

LEADER. Probably the same as AA'aterleder (wliich occurs as a surname in the Nonfc) whatever that may mean. Halliwell says, ' a water-carrier,' but I am disposed to think a leader of water, i.e., a drainer, or an irrigator of land, or perhaps a conduit-maker.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.