Usually means: Lead navigator in risky situations.
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  1. point man: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. point man: Merriam-Webster
  3. point man: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. point man: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. point man: Collins English Dictionary
  6. point man: Vocabulary.com
  7. point-man, point man: Wordnik
  8. point man: Wiktionary
  9. point man: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. point man: Dictionary.com
  11. point man: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Point Man, Point man: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. point man: Rhymezone
  14. point man: FreeDictionary.org
  15. point man: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. point man: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Point Man: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (point man)

noun:  (military) In combat, the soldier who takes point; the soldier who assumes the first and most exposed position in a combat military formation; the lead soldier/unit advancing through hostile or unsecured territory.
noun:  (idiomatic, by extension) A most trusted assistant or associate; the person upon whom one would most rely.

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