Meanings
nounfrontwoman (plural frontwomen)
plural frontwomen
- The female lead singer in a band.
Near-synonym: frontperson
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Many frontwomen deal with an unconscious sense of being subtly undermined while also being the obvious center of a band’s gravity.
2025 June 2, Lizzy Goodman, “Shirley Manson, the Unexpected Godmother of Rock”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2025Synonyms: frontperson
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe female lead singer in a band.
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Origin
- Latinfrontem
- Old Frenchfront
- Middle Englishfrount
- Englishfront
- Proto-Germanic*wībą
- Proto-West Germanic*wīb
- Old Englishwīf
- Proto-Indo-European*mon-
- Proto-Germanic*mann-
- Proto-West Germanic*mann
- Old Englishmann
- Old Englishwīfmann
- Middle Englishwomman
- Englishwoman
- Englishfrontwoman
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APA
frontwoman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontwoman
MLA
“frontwoman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontwoman. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frontwoman,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontwoman.
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