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figurehead
UK /ˈfɪɡjəɹˌhɛd/ US /ˈfɪɡjəɹˌhɛd/
noun 3
Definitions
noun
1
A carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship.
2
Someone in a nominal position of leadership who has little to no actual power.
Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity.
Instead she played, largely impeccably, the part of a modern constitutional monarch, a symbolic figurehead with a right to be consulted and to advise and warn political leaders privately and to show herself publicly as a focus of national life, celebration and commemoration.
3
A person's face.
HATCHET. Bring up, I say, or I'll spoil your figurehead. [Lifting his cudgel]
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