front man
noun
1
: a person serving as a front or figurehead
2
: the lead performer in a musical group
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Eager to expand its global brand with iconic captain Lionel Messi as the front man, Inter Miami began 2025 with preseason games in Las Vegas, Peru, Panama, Honduras and Tampa.
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Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Yuriy Shevchuk, the now-68-year-old front man for a rock group the KGB banned in 1980, has been similarly outspoken.
—Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
Another patron, anticipating his wife’s arrival, brought a couple of bottles of wine in a paper bag and handed them to the bar’s front man, Tracy Westmoreland, who looked unfazed.
—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Fred Schneider, the B-52’s de facto front man whose booming sing-speak is as big as a whale, is joined by fellow co-founders Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson for their live performances.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
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Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Yuriy Shevchuk, the now-68-year-old front man for a rock group the KGB banned in 1980, has been similarly outspoken.
—Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
Another patron, anticipating his wife’s arrival, brought a couple of bottles of wine in a paper bag and handed them to the bar’s front man, Tracy Westmoreland, who looked unfazed.
—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Fred Schneider, the B-52’s de facto front man whose booming sing-speak is as big as a whale, is joined by fellow co-founders Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson for their live performances.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Front man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20man. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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