trendsetter

noun

trend·​set·​ter ˈtren(d)-ˌse-tər How to pronounce trendsetter (audio)
variants or less commonly trend-setter
plural trendsetters also trend-setters
: one that sets a trend : someone or something that starts or helps to popularize a new fashion, style, movement, etc.
a trendsetter in the fashion industry
Every ten years or so, for a different set of reasons each time, cultural trendsetters rally behind one musician with whom they sense a bond and who then comes to symbolize jazz to the mass media.Francis Davis
The county has become a trendsetter in other types of environmental legislation …Chemical & Engineering News

Examples of trendsetter in a Sentence

a closely watched trendsetter in women's fashions
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In the 1980s, the first ornamental goose sat perched on one Midwestern trendsetter's porch. Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2024 The demise of a former trendsetter The Bridgehampton store opened in 1999, taking the place of a former regional discount store, Caldor. Chris Isidore, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024 Australia and England were the trendsetters of women's cricket, winning every World Cup bar New Zealand's 50-over triumph in 2000, until the West Indies' surprising breakthrough. Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024 The star, who has become one of the biggest nail trendsetters of the decade, swapped her cozy fall nudes in favor of something a little more out-of-this-world. Kara Nesvig, Allure, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for trendsetter 

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of trendsetter was in 1936

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“Trendsetter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trendsetter. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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