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figurehead

 noun
     
Related topics: Officials, Water
fig‧ure‧head [countable]
1PGO someone who seems to be the leader of a country or organization but who has no real power [↪ puppet]:
The Queen is merely a figurehead.
2TTW a wooden model of a woman that used to be placed on the front of ships
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