frontman
Americannoun
plural
frontmen-
a performer, as a singer, who leads a musical group.
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a person who serves as the nominal head of an organization and who represents it publicly.
Etymology
Origin of frontman
Example Sentences
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The former Van Halen frontman on his experience at Coachella and the meaning of ‘Jump.’
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
Burslem is the birthplace of the late Motorhead frontman Lemmy, while another famous singer grew up here.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
“He’s an amazingly talented guy,” McDonald says of Puth, whom the Doobie Brothers frontman had been eager to write with since a mutual friend suggested it a while back.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Rapino admitted that he has heard complaints about the fees from music fans, as well as artists including The Cure frontman Robert Smith.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
I'd already given Abie back fifty of the hundred and fifty he'd paid me for the Centaurians' gear, and was starting in on the hundred when Redman walked in flanked by the frontman.
From Noble Redman by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)
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