Home › Words › F › frontseaterfrontseaterfrontseater means someone who occupies a seat near the front of something.EtymologyFrom front seat + -er.nounSomeone who occupies a seat near the front of something.In a plane with two cockpits: the pilot controlling the aircraft (even though both seats are equally to the front).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).