Synonyms for figurehead
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fig-yer-hed |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪg yərˌhɛd |
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Définition of figurehead
Origin :- 1765, from figure (n.) + head (n.). Originally the ornament on the bow of a ship; sense of "leader without real authority" is first attested 1883.
- noun person who is leader in name only
- A carver in the neighborhood engaged to make the figurehead.
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Got a figurehead for the porch too, and I'll have an anchor for the gate before I'm done.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- This gives an air of unreality, a figurehead and type character.
- Extract from : « A History of English Literature » by George Saintsbury
- Is she merely a figurehead to take orders from the visiting physician?
- Extract from : « Dear Enemy » by Jean Webster
- Some of them had white bands encircling the throat of this figurehead.
- Extract from : « The Trail of the Goldseekers » by Hamlin Garland
- I shall provide the figurehead for the San Cristobal myself.
- Extract from : « The Mystery of the Sea » by Bram Stoker
- Oh, I cannot; it's not every man who could buy the ship, and it's her figurehead I want.
- Extract from : « Gairloch In North-West Ross-Shire » by John H. Dixon, F.S.A. Scot
- It was the carved Valkyrie maiden that had been the Spray's figurehead.
- Extract from : « The Spell of the White Sturgeon » by James Arthur Kjelgaard
- Doth she not carry a blue pennant, and hath she not a gilt siren for figurehead?
- Extract from : « By order of the company » by Mary Johnston
- We placed at the foot of the captains grave the figurehead of his vessel.
- Extract from : « Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall » by Robert S. Hawker
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