Meaning

3 senses
  1. A person acting as the public face of some other, covert group.

    Near-synonyms: frontperson, front

    Strohmann, Strohfrau

    подставно́е лицо́podstavnóje licó, номина́льный глава́nominálʹnyj glavá, зиц-председа́тельzic-predsedátelʹ

  2. A striker.

    напада́ющийnapadájuščij, фо́рвардfórvard

  3. The lead singer in a musical group.

    Near-synonym: frontperson

    Pete Doherty is the front man of the Libertines.

    Frontmann, Frontfrau

    вокали́стvokalíst, соли́стsolíst, фронтме́нfrontmɛ́n

More definitions
  • a male person used as a cover for some questionable activity

Examples

5 sentences
  1. He walked in front of his men.

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  2. Never do that in front of a man.

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  3. A general can't cry in front of his men.

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  4. If you were really my friend, you would have stood up for me in front of that man.

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  5. "Do generals cry?" "Yes, my son, but a general can't cry in front of his men."

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
public face:
football: striker, attacker, forward:
music: lead singer:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
public face:
music: lead singer:

Forms

plural: front men
Singularfront man
Pluralfront men

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Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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