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/ ˈfɪg yərˌhɛd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a person who is head of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility: Most modern kings and queens are figureheads.
Nautical . a carved full-length figure or bust built into the bow of a sailing ship.
Origin of figurehead First recorded in 1755–65; figure + head
Words nearby figurehead figured glass, figure eight, figure eight suture, figure-ground, figure-ground phenomenon, figurehead , figure in, figure of eight, figure-of-eight bandage, figure of merit, figure of speech
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Example sentences from the Web for figurehead How will we know if Kim, when he eventually surfaces, is ruler or figurehead ?
Kim Jong Un: Erased? | Gordon G. Chang| October 10, 2014| DAILY BEAST
He may be a figurehead , but the president who is elected today is worth keeping an eye on for signs of where Pakistan is going.
Mamnoon Hussain: The New Man in Pakistan | Husain Haqqani| July 30, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Indeed, Medvedev was never really more than a figurehead president, despite the theoretically huge powers attached to the job.
Return of President Putin | Owen Matthews| September 24, 2011| DAILY BEAST
At the surface, the man who has emerged as the rescue attempt's figurehead is Laurence Golborne, the Chilean Minister of Mining.
Behind Chile's Miracle Mine Rescue | Constantino Diaz-Duran| October 9, 2010| DAILY BEAST
He was the figurehead for D.C.'s ambitious school reform program—until he was found shot to death.
The School Murder That Shocked D.C. | Benjamin Sarlin| May 1, 2010| DAILY BEAST
This led to the explanation of the name as derived from the head of an ox having served as the galley's figurehead .
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Certainly; but I know, and every one else in the company guesses, that you are only the figurehead .
A Star for a Night | Elsie Janis
From where she sat she could look up at the figurehead over the portico.
Georgina of the Rainbows | Annie Fellows Johnston
The figurehead may have had some relation to the original or intended name of the ship prior to her purchase for conversion.
The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model | Howard I. Chapelle
I see what you would like, Sir Julian: you want a figurehead guaranteed against collisions.
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British Dictionary definitions for figurehead noun a person nominally having a prominent position, but no real authority
a carved bust or full-length figure at the upper end of the stems of some sailing vessels
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