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
Information block about the term
Origin of front man
First appearance:
before 1935 One of the 8% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1935-40; front + man1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Front man
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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.
front man usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSee also
Matching words
- Words starting with f
- Words starting with fr
- Words starting with fro
- Words starting with fron
- Words starting with front
- Words starting with frontm
- Words starting with frontma
- Words starting with frontman