"front man" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: front men [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|front men}} front man (plural front men)
  1. A person acting as the public face of some other, covert group. Translations (public face): testaferro [masculine] (Catalan), prestanoms (Andorra) [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), keulakuva (Finnish), prête-nom [masculine] (French), homme de paille [masculine] (French), Strohmann [masculine] (German), Strohfrau [feminine] (German), uomo di paglia [masculine] (Italian), fantoccio [masculine] (Italian), prestanome [masculine] (Italian), testa de ferro [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), подставно́е лицо́ (podstavnóje licó) [masculine] (Russian), номина́льный глава́ (nominálʹnyj glavá) [masculine] (Russian), зиц-председа́тель (zic-predsedátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), testaferro [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-front_man-en-noun-pxC1lx2F Disambiguation of 'public face': 100 0 0
  2. (soccer) striker, attacker, forward. Categories (topical): Football (soccer), People Translations (football: striker, attacker, forward): hyökkääjä (Finnish), напада́ющий (napadájuščij) [masculine] (Russian), фо́рвард (fórvard) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-front_man-en-noun-Kv~2ILDP Disambiguation of People: 0 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 64 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 59 20 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 22 58 20 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports Disambiguation of 'football: striker, attacker, forward': 5 89 5
  3. (music) The lead singer in a musical group. Categories (topical): Music Translations (music: lead singer): solisti (Finnish), Frontmann [masculine] (German), Frontfrau [feminine] (German), вокали́ст (vokalíst) [masculine] (Russian), соли́ст (solíst) [masculine] (Russian), фронтме́н (frontmɛ́n) [masculine] (Russian), певе́ц (pevéc) [masculine] (Russian), frontman [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-front_man-en-noun-PO7po3L8 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'music: lead singer': 7 5 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: frontman

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