figurehead 音标拼音: [f'ɪgjɚh
, ɛd]
n . 装饰船头的人像,破浪神,傀儡领袖
装饰船头的人像,破浪神,傀儡领袖
figurehead n 1 :
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity [
synonym : {
front man }, {
front }, {
figurehead }, {
nominal head },
{
straw man }, {
strawman }]
2 :
figure on the bow of some sailing vessels Figurehead \
Fig "
ure *
head `\,
n .
1 . (
Naut .)
The figure ,
statue ,
or bust ,
on the prow of a ship .
[
1913 Webster ]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
171 Moby Thesaurus words for "
figurehead ":
Charlie McCarthy ,
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 ,
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
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FIGUREHEAD Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com FIGUREHEAD definition: a person who is head of a group, company, etc , in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility See examples of figurehead used in a sentence
FIGUREHEAD definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If someone is the figurehead of an organization or movement, they are recognized as being its leader, although they have little real power The President will be little more than a figurehead
FIGUREHEAD | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary The president of this company is just a figurehead - the chief executive officer has day-to-day control
figurehead noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of figurehead noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
Figurehead - Wikipedia In politics, a figurehead is a practice of who de jure (in name or by law) appears to hold an important and often supremely powerful title or office, yet de facto (in reality) exercises little to no actual power
figurehead, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary figurehead, n meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
FIGUREHEAD Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of FIGUREHEAD is the carved figure on a ship's bow How to use figurehead in a sentence
figurehead - Wiktionary, the free dictionary figurehead (third-person singular simple present figureheads, present participle figureheading, simple past and past participle figureheaded) (idiomatic, transitive, also intransitive) To lead (something) nominally and with little to no actual power
Figurehead Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary FIGUREHEAD meaning: 1 : a carved figure (as of a woman) on a ship's bow; 2 : a person who is called the head or chief of something but who has no real power
Figurehead - definition of figurehead by The Free Dictionary figurehead (ˈfɪɡəˌhɛd) n 1 a person nominally having a prominent position, but no real authority