frontperson
nounEtymology From front + person.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music The lead singer of a band.
- Near-synonyms: frontman, front man, frontwoman
- It's rock and roll, a frenetic chock-a-block pulse dressed up in fuzzy guitar, all of which functions as a perfect setting in which Fetchin Bones' frontperson and secret weapon, Hope Nicholls, can gyrate and snarl in a manner that suggests a cross between Patti Smith and Janis Joplin.1988 March 4, Renaldo Migaldi, “Fetchin Bones”, in Chicago Reader:
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The person acting as the public face of a covert group.
- Near-synonyms: frontman, front man, front