figurehead (redirected from figureheads)

fig·ure·head  (fgyr-hd)

n.

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

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

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figurehead [ˈfɪgəˌhɛd]

n

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

Thesaurus

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"

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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

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