(with plural agreement) people who have knowledge or skill in finding or following paths, routes, etc., collectively; cf. witter, adj.1

gen. in various senses of the verb: One who conducts, precedes as a guide, leads a person by the hand or an animal by a cord, etc. Also with…

A leader, guide.

A person who comes before another person in time; an ancestor, a forefather, a forebear.

One who leads or shows the way, esp. to a traveller in a strange country; spec. one who is hired to conduct a traveller or tourist (e.g. over a…

A leader, conductor.

A person or thing that conducts or escorts; a guide, leader, conductor (literal and figurative). Obsolete.

a person who leads or guides a traveller through a country or area; frequently figurative.

One who guides, in various senses of the verb. Formerly often used as equivalent to guide, n.; now rare… One who leads, or points out the way to…

One who leads, guides, or escorts; a leader, guide (literal and figurative).

A guide, = lodesman, n.

In various allusive and figurative uses, from preceding senses.

The pilot of a ship. Chiefly figurative.

One who runs before, esp. one sent to prepare the way and herald a great man's approach, a harbinger; also, a guide. Chiefly transferred and figur…

A person who or thing which leads, directs, or conducts (to a place); a guide. Now rare.

A person or (rarely) a thing having some of the qualities or roles ascribed to Mercury. A guide or courier for travellers. Obsolete.

A person who acts as a guide through an unknown or hazardous area of land; an escort. Now rare.

A person who or thing which accompanies.

Canadian. A person who runs ahead of a dog sled in order to find or clear a path in the snow. Now historical and rare.