frontwoman

English

Etymology

From front +‎ woman.

Noun

frontwoman (plural frontwomen)

  1. The female lead singer in a band.
    Coordinate terms: frontman, front man
    Near-synonym: frontperson
    • 2025 June 2, Lizzy Goodman, “Shirley Manson, the Unexpected Godmother of Rock”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 2 June 2025:
      Many frontwomen deal with an unconscious sense of being subtly undermined while also being the obvious center of a band’s gravity.

Spanish

Noun

frontwoman f (plural frontwomans or frontwoman)

  1. frontwoman