point man

1. 1.

   someone who is the forefront of an important enterprise

   “he is the president's point man on economic issues”

   Broaderleader
2. 2.

   a soldier who goes ahead of a patrol

   Broadersoldier

Questions about point man

What does point man mean?

point man means "someone who is the forefront of an important enterprise". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is point man a common word?

point man is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.