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What is a figurehead?

What is a figurehead? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (nautical) A carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship.
  2. (by extension) Someone in a nominal position of leadership who has no actual power; a front or front man.
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He was much more genuine and soft spoken than any of us expected, nothing like the verbose figurehead I'd come to expect.
The political leadership will become a figurehead at best and anarchy will rule.
For instance, the figurehead was changed to an allegorical figure that evoked the ship's new name.
He is a figurehead, the hard-drinking leader who gives the gang what they want in exchange for loyalty and service.
In the past, the defense minister was only a figurehead without any authority over the chief of the general staff.
As she arrived at the bow, her eyes were drawn upwards along the prow, to where an ancient figurehead stood watch.

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