strawman

Noun strawman has 3 senses

• strawman(n = noun.person) figurehead, front, front man, nominal head, straw man - a person used as a cover for some questionable activity;
is a kind of beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster

• strawman(n = noun.communication) straw man - a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted;
is a kind of specious argument

• strawman(n = noun.artifact) bird-scarer, scarecrow, scarer, straw man - an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds;
is a kind of effigy, image, simulacrum