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frontman

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for frontman.

Editorial note

A band essentially defines post-punk, then their frontman commits suicide, and they go on to form New Order.

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Quick take

Alternative spelling of front man: the lead male singer in a band. [A person acting as the public face of some other, covert group.]

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of frontman gathered in one view.

noun

Alternative spelling of front man: the lead male singer in a band. [A person acting as the public face of some other, covert group.]

noun

Alternative spelling of front man: a person acting as the public face of an organization. [A person acting as the public face of some other, covert group.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for frontman.

noun

Alternative spelling of front man: the lead male singer in a band. [A person acting as the public face of some other, covert group.]

noun

Alternative spelling of front man: a person acting as the public face of an organization. [A person acting as the public face of some other, covert group.]

Example sentences

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A band essentially defines post-punk, then their frontman commits suicide, and they go on to form New Order.

2

Only difference is the frontman of the show;) It's proved again: there is no such thing as a free lunch.

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For some people it is not a problem; there's even a punk-rock band frontman who claimed Tom Bombadil is his alter-ego.

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In my last team, the 'frontman' was a cowboy coder, who solved management requests immediately.

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He's a fine leader for the FSF, but not a frontman.

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What will trigger massive change in the studio structure is when an investment in a youtube production can trigger a huge payoff to the frontman.

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Without RMS being a frontman, we'd still the BSDs, we'd probably still have Linux.

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The leader and frontman can be a different person?

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Lack of privacy would not help with this - you can always find a frontman or a barter scheme or a PR agency that would agree to channel the money, unless you get rid of the privacy completely, so that no private transactions at all are possible.

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That paid off in mediocre terms (as you can see via his QuickTime/Kid story, Apple divested itself of its drudgeons after PepsiCo's frontman took the hit for Apple almost dying) but, in the process, it created the modern Tom Williams who, after imagining that 50 year old men were being anything other than patronizing toward a teen, had no incentive to grow up.

Quote examples

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First sentences of the article: "Where the streets have no name," sang rock frontman Bono on one of U2's biggest hits.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use frontman in a sentence?

A band essentially defines post-punk, then their frontman commits suicide, and they go on to form New Order.

What does frontman mean?

Alternative spelling of front man: the lead male singer in a band. [A person acting as the public face of some other, covert group.]

What part of speech is frontman?

frontman is commonly used as noun.