front man

noun

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

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Certain front men may not want to cede power to someone else. Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025 Around the same time that Friedland gained national attention—in 2023, after the 1975 front man, Matty Healy, went on the show and laughed at racist jokes about the rapper Ice Spice—a change started to occur. Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025 New Orleans front man Scott Bakula was also on hand, and can be heard giving a speech about the man of the hour in one of Bell’s videos. Claire Franken, TVLine, 10 Aug. 2025 Sitting in a dressing room with Michael McKean and Christopher Guest, already in costume as Spinal Tap’s front men. Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025 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 10 Sep. 2025.

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