[hunchoēt] (n) EN: front man ; strawman ; puppet ; figurehead FR: homme de paille [ m ] (loc.) ; marionnette [ f ]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (1 entries found)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
strawman
n 1: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
[syn: {front man}, {front}, {figurehead}, {nominal head},
{straw man}, {strawman}]
2: a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted [syn:
{straw man}, {strawman}]
3: an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from
seeds [syn: {scarecrow}, {straw man}, {strawman}, {bird-
scarer}, {scarer}]