front man
noun
1
: a person serving as a front or figurehead
2
: the lead performer in a musical group
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The invocation will be given at 3 p.m., the national anthem will be performed at 3:01 p.m., and Billy Gibbons, the front man of ZZ Top, will give command at 3:08 p.m.
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Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2025
With Steven Fletcher having scored twice in 15 games (though he’s started just once) and Mullin once in 19 (five starts), more goals are needed from the club’s front men.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, Rick Astley is waiting for the papal conclave to crown him as the next front man.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
But after a few years there, the punk front man moved about a ten-minute walk away into a studio apartment at 115 East 9th Street, a 20-story postwar high-rise.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 28 Feb. 2025
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Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2025
With Steven Fletcher having scored twice in 15 games (though he’s started just once) and Mullin once in 19 (five starts), more goals are needed from the club’s front men.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, Rick Astley is waiting for the papal conclave to crown him as the next front man.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
But after a few years there, the punk front man moved about a ten-minute walk away into a studio apartment at 115 East 9th Street, a 20-story postwar high-rise.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Front man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20man. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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