frontman

[ fruhnt-man ]

noun

, plural front·men [fruhnt, -men].

1. a performer, as a singer, who leads a musical group.
2. a person who serves as the nominal head of an organization and who represents it publicly.

Word History and Origins

Origin of frontman¹

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; front + man

Example Sentences

“The frontman in the Schizophonics is a madman.”

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The former frontman of Possum Dixon will be performing at the festival but is somehow not the most outrageous act on the bill.

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In a conversational tone, she details her rough childhood, the fade-outs, the comebacks and the romances — with music mogul David Geffen; after her divorce from Bono, a subsequent marriage to the troubled Gregg Allman, the late singer and keyboardist of the Allman Brothers Band; and her happy times with blood-spitting Kiss frontman Gene Simmons, a.k.a.

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The Agoura Hills rap-rock group, which relaunched in September with singer Emily Armstrong replacing late frontman Chester Bennington, will roll their tour into 2025, announcing stadium and arena stops across North America, Asia, Europe and Latin America.

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Susan Eubanks, the mother of late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, said the band promised to tell her if the group was getting back together.

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