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spear-head (n.)
c. 1400, from
spear
(n.1) +
head
(n.). Figurative sense of "leading element" (of an attack, movement, etc.) is attested from 1893; the verb in this sense is recorded from 1938. Related:
Spearheaded
;
spearheading
.
