Leader of a flock (6 letters)

{ Answer }

PASTOR

{ Related Clues }

Clergyman
Church leader
Congregation leader
Flock leader
Flock's overseer
Manse occupant
Parish head
Parish leader
Pulpit occupant
A shepherd, originally
Spiritual overseer
Loser to Louis: Sept. 1939
One who may marry repeatedly
Loser to Joe Louis: Sept. 1939

{ Tags }

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{ Notes }

The answer PASTOR is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 650 puzzles.

{ Definition }

PASTOR as a noun:

1. (curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector) = a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"

2. (Pastor, subgenus Pastor) = only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus