front man
noun
1
: a person serving as a front or figurehead
2
: the lead performer in a musical group
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As the Cure’s front man and primary songwriter, Smith’s never been shy about drawing blatant lyrical inspiration from his favorite books and poems.
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Chris Stanton, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
In commercial hospitality, there’s an army of other staffers supporting the front man or woman, who’s working as a butler; many guests overlook that fact.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2024
As noted above, series front man Austin Stowell — of Peacock’s A Friend of the Family and much more recently Starz’s Three Women — is tasked at the start with having to lie low and give us a Gibbs who is a bit unsure of himself, and is (too?) often distracted by tragic memories.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 13 Oct. 2024
My personality is not to get on stage and talk to people, to be the front man.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024
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Chris Stanton, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
In commercial hospitality, there’s an army of other staffers supporting the front man or woman, who’s working as a butler; many guests overlook that fact.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2024
As noted above, series front man Austin Stowell — of Peacock’s A Friend of the Family and much more recently Starz’s Three Women — is tasked at the start with having to lie low and give us a Gibbs who is a bit unsure of himself, and is (too?) often distracted by tragic memories.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 13 Oct. 2024
My personality is not to get on stage and talk to people, to be the front man.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Front man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20man. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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