(a) The wether with the bell on his neck, the leader of the flock; belwetheres fles, the fleece of the bellwether, the prize fleece; (b) fig. a leader; contemptuously: the ring-leader, the worst of……

(a) A male sheep, ram; a castrated ram; ?also, an adult sheep; also, the flesh of a sheep or ram, mutton (b) a ram used as a sacrifice in religious ritual; (c) the ram which bore the Golden Fleece;……