front man

See also: frontman

English

Noun

front man (plural front men)

2. A person acting as the public face of some other, covert group.

   Alternative form: frontman

   Hypernym: person

   Near-synonyms: frontperson, front

4. (soccer) A striker.

   Synonyms: forward, attacker

   Hypernyms: player < person

   Hyponym: centre forward

6. (music) The lead singer in a musical group.

   Alternative form: frontman

   Hypernyms: musician < person

   Coordinate term: frontwoman

   Near-synonym: frontperson

   Pete Doherty is the front man of the Libertines.

Translations

public face

Catalan: testaferro (ca) m, prestanoms (ca) m or f (Andorra) Finnish: keulakuva (fi) French: prête-nom (fr) m, homme de paille (fr) m German: Strohmann (de) m, Strohfrau f Italian: uomo di paglia m, fantoccio (it) m, prestanome (it) m Portuguese: testa de ferro (pt) m or f Russian: подставно́е лицо́ m (podstavnóje licó), номина́льный глава́ m (nominálʹnyj glavá), зиц-председа́тель (ru) m (zic-predsedátelʹ) Spanish: testaferro (es) m or f, testaférrea m

football: striker, attacker, forward

Finnish: hyökkääjä (fi) Russian: напада́ющий (ru) m (napadájuščij), фо́рвард (ru) m (fórvard)

music: lead singer

Finnish: solisti (fi) German: Frontmann (de) m, Frontfrau (de) f Polish: frontman (pl) m Russian: вокали́ст (ru) m (vokalíst), соли́ст (ru) m (solíst), фронтме́н (ru) m (frontmɛ́n), певе́ц (ru) m (pevéc) Swedish: frontman c