figurehead Definition
figure·head (fig′yər hed′)
noun
- a carved figure on the bow of a ship
- a person put in a position of leadership because of name, rank, etc., but having no real power, authority, or responsibility
figurehead Synonyms
figurehead Usage Examples
Converse of object
- carve: If battles are not your scene, then upstairs are some beautifully carved figureheads, which have probably seen a great many oceans.
- become: In the subsequent fifty years he was to become a figurehead for the growing Pentecostal Movement, leading missions all over the world.
- need: But if Wales is to really establish itself worldwide, we will need a rather more convincing figurehead than Rhodri.
- have: We also have the figurehead of the Terra Nova in our collections.
- see: I saw the most wonderful figureheads, that had all been far over the ocean.
- remain: Mao remained the figurehead of what was still a relatively popular regime.
Adjective modifier
- original: He showed Andy photographs of the ship's original figurehead which had been taken in his father's workshop, some 60 years earlier.
- new: The Royalists in England had a new figurehead in the north.
- female: The last part of his talk mentioned that while working on a particular female figurehead he unusually took deliver of another.
- political: I also believe that an artist can have more of an impact on society as a whole then any politician or political figurehead.
- national: All that's left is the relic, the national figurehead.
- powerless: Anyhow, they lost allot of power in teh 19thC, and 20thC, and are now powerless figureheads.
Modifies a noun
- role: The only defect in the mulattoes ' scheme was Christophe himself, who refused to be content with his figurehead role.
- leader: Part of their attraction for Washington may be that they can take the role of the figurehead leaders of a post-Saddam Iraq.
Noun used with modifier
- ship: We have been working with the group on a project inspired by ships figureheads.
- industry: Throughout these formative years MY peers went on to become key industry figureheads.
- merchant: After the lecture Richard took course participants on a tour of the " Cutty Sark " to view its large collection of Merchant Figureheads.
Possessives
ship: He showed Andy photographs of the ship's original figurehead which had been taken in his father's workshop, some 60 years earlier.
Preposition: of
movement: But he's also the figurehead of a general garden industry movement.
Preposition: for
movement: The figurehead for this new movement is emerging in the unlikely shape of a fat, bearded George Clooney.
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