Scottish. Each of the leaders of rival groups of boys participating in a cockfight. Obsolete. rare.

†(a) a horse or other animal harnessed at the head of a team (obsolete); (b) a person who leads a sports team, or a team of employees.

In French-speaking contexts: a foreman or leader of a group or team of people. Now rare.

Esp. in Israel or a Zionist youth movement: a guide, a supervisor; a group leader.