also bell-wether, "lead sheep (on whose neck a bell was hung) of a domesticated flock"
bell (n.) + wether (male sheep)
from mid-14th century onward: "chief, leader"
~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
⚜ | classic definition |
☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |