front man

See also: frontman

English

Alternative forms

• frontman

Noun

front man (plural front men)

1. A person acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
2. (soccer) striker, attacker, forward.
3. (music) The lead singer in a musical group.

   Pete Doherty is the front man of the Libertines.

Translations

public face

• Finnish: keulakuva (fi)
• French: prête-nom (fr) m, homme de paille (fr) m
• German: Strohmann (de) m, Strohfrau f
• Italian: uomo di paglia m, fantoccio (it) m, prestanome (it) m
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• Portuguese: testa de ferro (pt) m or f
• Russian: подставно́е лицо́ m (podstavnóje licó), номина́льный глава́ m (nominálʹnyj glavá), зиц-председа́тель (ru) m (zic-predsedátelʹ)
• Spanish: testaferro (es) m or f

football: striker, attacker, forward

• Finnish: hyökkääjä (fi)
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• Russian: напада́ющий (ru) m (napadájuščij), фо́рвард (ru) m (fórvard)

music: lead singer

• Finnish: solisti (fi)
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• Russian: вокали́ст (ru) m (vokalíst), соли́ст (ru) m (solíst), фронтме́н (ru) m (frontmɛ́n), певе́ц (ru) m (pevéc)