frontperson

English

Etymology

From front +‎ person.

Noun

frontperson (plural frontpeople)

  2. (music) The lead singer of a band.
    Near-synonyms: frontman, front man, frontwoman
    • 1988 March 4, Renaldo Migaldi, “Fetchin Bones”, in Chicago Reader‎[1]:
      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.
  4. The person acting as the public face of a covert group.
    Near-synonyms: frontman, front man, front
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