figurehead

fig·ure·head (f

r-h

)

1. A carved figure on the prow of a ship.

2. A person given a position of nominal leadership but having no actual authority.

figurehead [ˈfɪgəˌhɛd]

1. a person nominally having a prominent position, but no real authority

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a carved bust or full-length figure at the upper end of the stems of some sailing vessels

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	figurehead - a person used as a cover for some questionable activity front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman, front beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
	2.	figurehead - figure on the bow of some sailing vessels figure - a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus"

figurehead

noun nominal head, leader in name only, titular head, front man, name, token, dummy, puppet, mouthpiece, cipher, nonentity, straw man (chiefly U.S.), man of straw The President will be little more than a figurehead.

Translations

figurehead [ˈfɪgəhed] N (on ship) → mascarón m de proa (fig) → testaferro m

figurehead [ˈfɪgə^rhɛd] n

[ship] → figure f de proue

[organization] → chef mf de file
figure-hugging [ˈfɪgə^rhʌgɪŋ] adj [dress, top] → moulant(e)
figure of eight n (British) → huit m
figure of fun n → objet m de risée
figure of speech n (= rhetorical device) → figure f de style
It's just a figure of speech
BUT C'est juste une façon de parler.
figure skater n → patineur/euse m/f artistique
figure skating n (competitive) → figures en patinage)fpl imposées >; (in display) → patinage m artistique

figurehead [ˈfɪgəˌhɛd] n (Naut) → polena (fig) → figura rappresentativa (pej) → prestanome m/f inv

Mentioned in	?		References in classic literature	?		Dictionary browser	?		Full browser	?
advancing Beguiler cheat cheater Chin deceiver figure front front man Fronted Hair bracket monarchy nominal head puppet slicker standing straw man strawman Trail boards	During the whole of that period Napoleon, who seems to us to have been the leader of all these movements- as the figurehead of a ship may seem to a savage to guide the vessel- acted like a child who, holding a couple of strings inside a carriage, thinks he is driving it. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context The spectral figurehead, reversed in its position, glancing backwards, seemed to mock the impatient attitude of the warrior. Typee by Melville, Herman View in context Arthur himself, in many of the romances, was degraded from his position of the bravest knight to be the inactive figurehead of a brilliant court; and the only really historical element in the story, his struggle against the Saxons, was thrust far into the background, while all the emphasis was laid on the romantic achievements of the single knights. A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context	Figurative counterpoint figuratively figure Figure caster figure eight Figure flinging figure loom figure of eight figure of merit figure of speech figure on figure out Figure painting figure skate figure skating Figure stone Figure weaving figure-conscious figure-ground phenomenon figure-hugging Figure-of-eight knot figure-skate figured figured bass figured-fabric loom figurehead figurer Figurial figurine figuring Figurist figwort figwort family Fiji Fiji dollar Fiji Islands Fijian Fijis Fike Fil fila Filaceous Filacer filaggrin filago Filago germanica filagree filament Filamentary filamentlike Filamentoid	figure-of-eight suture figure-skate Figure-skater Figure-skater Figure-skating Figure-skating figure-work Figure/ground figured figured figured figured figured figured figured bass figured bass figured basses figured basses figured glass figured on figured on figured on figured on figured on figured out figured out figured out figured out figured out figured-fabric loom figurehead figureheads figureheads figureheads figureless figureless figureless figureless figureless figurer figurer figurer figurer figurer figurer figures figures figures figures figures figures figures of eight figures of fun figures of fun figures of fun figures of fun figures of fun Figures of merit Figures of merit figures of speech figures of speech

Mentioned in

References in classic literature

Dictionary browser

Full browser

advancing
Beguiler
cheat
cheater
Chin
deceiver
figure
front
front man
Fronted
Hair bracket
monarchy
nominal head
puppet
slicker
standing
straw man
strawman
Trail boards

During the whole of that period Napoleon, who seems to us to have been the leader of all these movements- as the figurehead of a ship may seem to a savage to guide the vessel- acted like a child who, holding a couple of strings inside a carriage, thinks he is driving it.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

The spectral figurehead, reversed in its position, glancing backwards, seemed to mock the impatient attitude of the warrior.

Typee by Melville, Herman View in context

Arthur himself, in many of the romances, was degraded from his position of the bravest knight to be the inactive figurehead of a brilliant court; and the only really historical element in the story, his struggle against the Saxons, was thrust far into the background, while all the emphasis was laid on the romantic achievements of the single knights.

A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context

figurehead playV2('en/US/dg/dgdsdrdostssdrdnd7dod3h5h5');playV2('en/UK/dg/dgdsdrdostssdrdnd7dod3h5h5')

figurehead