ALL meanings of straw man
straw man
S s - noun straw man a mass of straw formed to resemble a man, as for a doll or scarecrow. 1
- noun straw man a person whose importance or function is only nominal, as to cover another's activities; front. 1
- noun straw man a fabricated or conveniently weak or innocuous person, object, matter, etc., used as a seeming adversary or argument: The issue she railed about was no more than a straw man. 1
- noun straw man insubstantial argument 1
- noun straw man a figure of a man made from straw 0
- noun straw man scarecrow 0
- noun straw man a person of little importance; nonentity 0
- noun straw man a weak argument or opposing view set up by a politician, debater, etc. so as to be able to attack it and gain an easy, showy victory 0
- noun straw man a person used to disguise another's intentions, activities, etc.; blind 0