• (British) IPA: /ˈspɪə.hɛd/
• (America) IPA: /ˈspɪɹ.hɛd/, /ˈspiɹ.hɛd/

spearhead (plural spearheads)

1. The pointed head, or end, of a spear.
   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175 ↗:

     Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. […]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.

2. One who leads or initiates an activity (such as an attack or a campaign).
3. The leading military unit in an attack.
4. (sports) A player who initiates attacking moves.

• French: fer de lance
• German: Speerspitze, Lanzenspitze, Stoßkeil
• Italian: punta di lancia
• Portuguese: ponta da lança
• Spanish: punta, punta de lanza

• French: fer de lance
• German: Kopf, Spitze, Vorkämpfer, Speerspitze, Offensivspieler, Bahnbrecher
• Portuguese: comandante
• Spanish: caudillo

• French: fer de lance
• German: Angriffsspitze, Sturmspitze, Vorausabteilung, -spitze
• Portuguese: ponta de lança
• Spanish: punta de lanza

spearhead (spearheads, present participle spearheading; past and past participle spearheaded)

1. (transitive) To drive or campaign ardently for, as an effort, project, etc.

   He spearheaded the entire project from day one.

• German: anführen, führen, vorausgehen
• Portuguese: chefiar, comandar
• Spanish: encabezar, acaudillar