figureheadnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfɪɡ.ə.hed/us/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ.hed/figurehead noun [ C ] (PERSON)
someone who has the position of leader in an organization but who has no real power:
The president of this company is just a figurehead - the Chief Executive has day-to-day control.
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Powerful people & dictators
- a heavy hitter idiom
- authoritarian
- autocrat
- autocratic
- big beast
- despot
- dictator
- dictatorial
- establishment
- grey eminence
- heavy
- plutocrat
- potentate
- power broker
- puissance
- puissant
- tyrant
- voiceless
- warlord
- éminence grise
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figurehead noun [ C ] (MODEL)
a painted model, usually of a person, that in the past was attached to the front of a ship
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Parts of ships & boats
- abaft
- boathook
- boiler room
- capstan
- diving bell
- echo sounder
- engine room
- gangplank
- gunnel
- helm
- hull
- jib
- lanyard
- lifebelt
- mast
- oar
- porthole
- rib
- sail
- tiller
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