frontman

[ fruhnt-man ]

noun,plural front·men [fruhnt-men]. /ˈfrʌntˌmɛn/.
  1. a performer, as a singer, who leads a musical group.

  2. a person who serves as the nominal head of an organization and who represents it publicly.

Origin of frontman

1
An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; front + man
  • Also especially for 2, front man .

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How to use frontman in a sentence

  • They were weary, ragged, lean—seven very tatter-demalions—and the front man led them, tapping the ground with a long stick.

  • His hands caught the man behind, lifted across a hip, and heaved, just before the front man reached him.

    Police Your Planet | Lester del Rey
  • The front man jumped one way and the woman jumped the same way so he couldn't get by.

    At the Little Brown House | Ruth Alberta Brown
  • When the last, or front man on each team is able to whistle after devouring his crackers, the race ends.

  • Suddenly the front man slipped and the prop fell down in the mud and splashed the thin man from head to foot.

British Dictionary definitions for front man

front man

nouninformal
  1. a nominal leader of an organization, etc, who lacks real power or authority, esp one who lends respectability to some nefarious activity: Gender-neutral form: figurehead

  2. the leader or visual focus of a group of musicians, usually the singer

  • Also called: front person

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