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Figurehead

Figurehead Meaning & Definition
Figurehead Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Figurehead?

[n] figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
[n] a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

Synonyms | Synonyms for Figurehead: front | front man | nominal head | straw man

Related Terms | Find terms related to Figurehead: a nobody | a nothing | adherent | advocate | alter ego | alternate | amicus curiae | armory | attorney | backup | backup man | badge | badge of office | badges | baton | beak | blazonry | bow | bowsprit | brassard | bust | button | cap and gown | carving | chain | chain of office | champion | Charlie McCarthy | cipher | class ring | cockade | collar | common man | creature | cross | decoration | deputy | disciple | doll | dolly | dress | dummy | eagle | emblems | ensigns | executive officer | exponent | fantoccini | fasces | figure | figurine | fleur-de-lis | flunky | follower | forecastle | foredeck | forepeak | front | front man | gillie | gingerbread man | goon | hammer and sickle | hanger-on | henchman | heraldry | insignia | insignificancy | jackal | jackstraw | jib boom | lackey | lapel pin | lay figure | lieutenant | lightweight | little fellow | little guy | livery | locum | locum tenens | mace | man | man of straw | manikin | mannequin | mantle | marionette | markings | medal | mediocrity | minion | model | monument | mortarboard | mouthpiece | myrmidon | nebbish | nobody one knows | nominal head | nonentity | nose | obscurity | old school tie | paranymph | pin | pinch hitter | pip-squeak | pleader | portrait bust | procurator | prore | prow | proxy | punk | puppet | regalia | representative | ring | rose | rostrum | runt | satellite | scarecrow | school ring | scrub | sculpture | second in command | secondary | shamrock | shrimp | sigillography | skull and crossbones | small fry | small potato | small potatoes | snowman | sphragistics | squirt | squit | staff | stand-in | statuary | statue | statuette | stem | stooge | straw man | substitute | surrogate | swastika | sycophant | tartan | thistle | thug | tie | understudy | uniform | utility man | verge | vicar | vicar general | vice | vicegerent | votary | wand | wax figure | waxwork | whiffet | whippersnapper | wood carving

See Also | beguiler | cheat | cheater | deceiver | figure | slicker | trickster

Figurehead In Webster's Dictionary

\Fig"ure*head`\, n. 1. (Naut.) The figure, statue, or bust, on the prow of a ship. 2. A person who allows his name to be used to give standing to enterprises in which he has no responsible interest or duties; a nominal, but not real, head or chief.

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