資料來源 : WordNet®

strawman
     n 1: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
          [syn: {front man}, {front}, {figurehead}, {nominal head},
           {straw man}]
     2: a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted [syn: {straw
        man}]
     3: an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from
        seeds [syn: {scarecrow}, {straw man}, {bird-scarer}, {scarer}]

資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Strawman
     
        The first of the series of {DoD} requirements that led to
        {Ada} ({Woodenman}, {Tinman}, {Ironman}, {Steelman}).
        Strawman was produced by the {HOLWG} in Apr 1975.
     
        (1995-01-30)