front man

noun

1
: a person serving as a front or figurehead
2
: the lead performer in a musical group

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As the Cure’s front man and primary songwriter, Smith’s never been shy about drawing blatant lyrical inspiration from his favorite books and poems. Chris Stanton, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024 In commercial hospitality, there’s an army of other staffers supporting the front man or woman, who’s working as a butler; many guests overlook that fact. Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2024 As noted above, series front man Austin Stowell — of Peacock’s A Friend of the Family and much more recently Starz’s Three Women — is tasked at the start with having to lie low and give us a Gibbs who is a bit unsure of himself, and is (too?) often distracted by tragic memories. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 13 Oct. 2024 My personality is not to get on stage and talk to people, to be the front man. Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for front man 

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of front man was in 1928

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“Front man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20man. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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