trendsetter
noun
trend·set·ter
ˈtren(d)-ˌse-tər 
variants
or less commonly trend-setter
plural trendsetters also trend-setters
: one that sets a trend : someone or something that starts or helps to popularize a new fashion, style, movement, etc.
a trendsetter in the fashion industry
Every ten years or so, for a different set of reasons each time, cultural trendsetters rally behind one musician with whom they sense a bond and who then comes to symbolize jazz to the mass media.—
Francis Davis
Francis DavisThe county has become a trendsetter in other types of environmental legislation …—Chemical & Engineering News
Chemical & Engineering NewsExamples of trendsetter in a Sentence
a closely watched trendsetter in women's fashions
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Recent stories have led him to hang out with China’s trendsetters in Chengdu and learn fireside raps from cowboy poets in Wyoming.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 8 May 2025
Wilson, who previously worked with other teams around the country, says coming to work for trendsetters like the Squirrels was a dream come true.
—Brennan Long, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2025
From her daring stage outfits to her elegant red carpet ensembles, there's no look that's gone untouched by the experimental trendsetter.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
More than half of the states have had female governors, but California, a trendsetter in so many respects, is not among them.
—Laurel Rosenhall, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 8 May 2025
Wilson, who previously worked with other teams around the country, says coming to work for trendsetters like the Squirrels was a dream come true.
—Brennan Long, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2025
From her daring stage outfits to her elegant red carpet ensembles, there's no look that's gone untouched by the experimental trendsetter.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
More than half of the states have had female governors, but California, a trendsetter in so many respects, is not among them.
—Laurel Rosenhall, New York Times, 1 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for trendsetter
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“Trendsetter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trendsetter. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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