front man

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fruhnt man]
- /frʌnt mæn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fruhnt man]
- /frʌnt mæn/

Definitions of front man words

noun plural front man a performer, as a singer, who leads a musical group. 1
noun plural front man a person who serves as the nominal head of an organization and who represents it publicly. 1
noun front man sb who represents organization 1
countable noun front man If you say that someone is a front man for a group or organization, you mean that their role is to represent and give a good impression of it to the public, especially when it is not very respectable or popular. 0
noun front man a nominal leader of an organization, etc, who lacks real power or authority, esp one who lends respectability to some nefarious activity 0
noun front man the leader or visual focus of a group of musicians, usually the singer 0

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Origin of front man

First appearance:

before 1935

One of the 8% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1935-40; front + man1

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Parts of speech for Front man

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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front man popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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