frontrunner

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English front English runner English frontrunner From front + runner.

1. Alternative form of front runner.

   ““Republican frontrunner Donald Trump used a campaign stop in Michigan on Monday to make astonishingly sexist attacks against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton,” the left-leaning ThinkProgress wrote.”

   “The Conservative leadership frontrunner, Liz Truss, has rejected “handouts” as a way of helping people affected by the cost of living crisis.”