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The definition of frontline is a person or thing that is a part of a leading position.

(adjective)

An example of frontline is a row of soldiers first in line for battle; frontline soldiers.
An example of frontline is a leading player on a sports team; frontline pitcher.

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See frontline in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of, at, on, or forming a front line: frontline soldiers, frontline research

See frontline in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also front line

noun

A front or boundary, especially one between military, political, or ideological positions.
Basketball See frontcourt.
Football The linemen of a team.
Sports The players who play farthest forward, as in volleyball.

adjective or front-line

Located or used at a military front.
Of or relating to the most advanced or important position or activity in a field or undertaking: “leaders of the six black ‘front-line states’ bordering South Africa” (Boston Globe).
Sports
a. Of or relating to the frontline.
b. Being a member of the regular team; first-string: a team in need of a frontline catcher.

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