trend-setter

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Noun1.trend-setter - someone who popularizes a new fashiontrend-setter - someone who popularizes a new fashion
role model, model - someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model"
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Whether he's an action man, gentleman or trend-setter, he'll want to look groomed and gorgeous.
I think Stanford and MIT may very well be trend-setters here," says Barbara Taylor, associate vice chancellor for Human Resources at the University of Arkansas, and president-elect of CUPAHR, the College & University Professional Association for Human Resources.
After evaluating more than 200 vendors and 1,200 offerings, this year's KMWorld Trend-Setter Products were selected based on their usability, flexibility, adoption rate and total cost of ownership, as well as the vendor's vision for the future of knowledge management," said Hugh McKellar, editor-in-chief, KMWorld.