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Meanings of front person in English

Russian
фронтмен
Spanish
frontwoman
Catalan
frontman
f. front woman

Leader or visual focus of a group of musicians, usually - but not always - the singer.

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        фронтмен
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        Examples for "front man"
        Examples for "front man"
        1
        No more than a front man, no doubt; certainly not the mastermind.
        Complete Books of Blood
        2
        Then our front man made the long descent and we lost one.
        The Great Book of Amber
        3
        Effective in going beyond his front man, was also comfortable receiving possession.
        The Guardian
        4
        He had taken on the role of front man and image projector.
        Joe Burke's Last Stand
        5
        Maybe I was just playing the front man to a big cover-up.
        The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
        Usage of front person in English
        1
        Pae Mae Jacinto is the front person and brains of the operation.
        Wired
        2
        She's a good front person and she's an excellent singer and dancer in real life.
        Reuters
        3
        That was some years ago when she was the front person of Americana band Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers.
        The Irish Times
        4
        If she's walking a road which ends with her being the front person, she's going to take her time walking it.
        The Guardian
        5
        The thought of having a female front person who could compete with male rockers, filling arenas, selling massive amounts of records, was unheard-of.
        Between a heart and a rock place: a memoir
        6
        He's not been impressive as a front person. Multiple MPs said Johnson had been emphasising his more liberal credentials on issues other than Brexit.
        The Guardian
        7
        She felt oddly disconnected, as if some fake front person had taken over, or maybe her ghosts, and she was just along for the ride.
        The lost recipe for happiness
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