front man
noun
1
: a person serving as a front or figurehead
2
: the lead performer in a musical group
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But after a few years there, the punk front man moved about a ten-minute walk away into a studio apartment at 115 East 9th Street, a 20-story postwar high-rise.
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 28 Feb. 2025
What do Cristiano Ronaldo, Glenn Close, and ex–Dire Straits front man Mark Knopfler have in common?
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2025
But Andrés—a musician, producer, and the front man for the Latin fusion band Yerba Buena—is trying to move the needle.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
The band took a hiatus after the 2017 death of original front man Chester Bennington.
—Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 28 Feb. 2025
What do Cristiano Ronaldo, Glenn Close, and ex–Dire Straits front man Mark Knopfler have in common?
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2025
But Andrés—a musician, producer, and the front man for the Latin fusion band Yerba Buena—is trying to move the needle.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
The band took a hiatus after the 2017 death of original front man Chester Bennington.
—Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Front man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20man. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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