Word: figurehead
Category: figurehead
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Related words: figurehead
the figurehead, figurehead ship, figurehead definition, figurehead on ship, ships figurehead, mermaid figurehead
Synonyms: figurehead
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: figurehead
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german
Translations:
aushängeschild
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french
Translations:
figurine, magot
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russian
Translations:
лицо
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czech
Translations:
figurka
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polish
Translations:
figurka
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hungarian
Translations:
orrszobor
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greek
Translations:
σύμβολο
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ukrainian
Translations:
особа, особу, лице
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estonian
Translations:
tankist, käilakuju, variisik
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slovenian
Translations:
lutka
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slovak
Translations:
hlavička
The meaning and "use of": figurehead
noun
- a nominal leader or head without real power. - The highest official is the prime minister, and the president is a figurehead with no real power.
- a carving, typically a bust or a full-length figure, set at the prow of an old-fashioned sailing ship. - The incomers were principally craftsmen, carving ships' figureheads and occasional portrait busts.
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