front man
noun
1
: a person serving as a front or figurehead
2
: the lead performer in a musical group
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Ben Gibbard, the band’s longtime front man, has been writing songs that feel more patient, expansive, and novelistic.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
The films that drive those evenings aren’t always the most memorable, but this year’s offering is genuinely exciting as musician turned director Questlove profiles Earth, Wind & Fire and its legendary front man, Maurice White.
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Hence his nomination of Washington to lead the Continental Army, and hence his partnership with Richard Lee, who acted as a kind of front man for some of Adams’s bolder measures.
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Ben Gibbard, the band’s longtime front man, has been writing songs that feel more patient, expansive, and novelistic.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
The films that drive those evenings aren’t always the most memorable, but this year’s offering is genuinely exciting as musician turned director Questlove profiles Earth, Wind & Fire and its legendary front man, Maurice White.
—Jason Bailey, Vulture, 27 May 2026
Hence his nomination of Washington to lead the Continental Army, and hence his partnership with Richard Lee, who acted as a kind of front man for some of Adams’s bolder measures.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
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“Front man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20man. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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