Queen Elizabeth of England is a figurehead. From LearnThat.org.
The word "figurehead" ran in Poppaelia's mind but he did not voice it. From Wordnik.com. [Web of the Romulans] Reference
Good or evil, competent or inept, any leader or figurehead is welcome to offer assistance at this point. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Obama asks George W. Bush to assist Haiti relief efforts.] Reference
The figurehead was a bull, with a flower on his brow and gilded horns. From Wordnik.com. [The King Must Die]
Her stern was adorned with flowers, and in the arms of the figurehead was a large bouquet. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
Gradually the power of the monarchy in England was reduced to that of figurehead, which is all it is today. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
A figurehead will be the Pres and he who pulled his strings and funded his ascension will be our de facto King. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Yes, being a figurehead is a sweet life, if you can sell out completely, giving no care about those whose lives you are affecting. From Wordnik.com. [Lockergnome] Reference
Telkom management became a mere "figurehead", carrying out. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The 'figurehead' for the game is a women named Sarah Morrison, a tough, badass alien killer-think. From Wordnik.com. [Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News] Reference
He's only a "figurehead" when he doesn't toe the elitist European line. From Wordnik.com. [Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher] Reference
That's what happens when you replace your "figurehead" every four years. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
He calls himself a "figurehead," although he's still not convinced that that merits getting an award. From Wordnik.com. [Clerical Whispers] Reference
Just as the captain is coming to terms with her 'figurehead' role, her social justice function is called for. From Wordnik.com. [AnimeBlogger.net Antenna] Reference
I have to chuckle at Deaton's comments about staff getting tense about making mistakes when the "figurehead" is in line. From Wordnik.com. [jimseven» jimseven] Reference
Frum says GOP taking on "lemming role" because Limbaugh is "not only claiming, but is being accepted" as its "figurehead". From Wordnik.com. [Media Matters for America - Limbaugh Wire] Reference
Mindful of his father's warning, Nigel did his best to "haul off" and to prevent his "figurehead" from going "by the board.". From Wordnik.com. [Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago] Reference
"figurehead" for the world's third largest retailer. From Wordnik.com. Reference
But that said, he's a figurehead president, Liane. From Wordnik.com. [Cholera Follows Pakistan Floods; Six Million Face Crisis] Reference
And Fujimori became a kind of, well, a figurehead, no?. From Wordnik.com. [Questions And Answers: Mario Vargas Llosa] Reference
For it to succeed, he must become a corporate figurehead?. From Wordnik.com. [Mad Men: season four, episode one] Reference
I'm not suggesting that he was just some kind of figurehead. From Wordnik.com. ['Angry as They've Ever Been'] Reference
Her face turned forward, she looks like a ship's figurehead. From Wordnik.com. [‘What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love and Marriage’] Reference
Even though he died a few years ago, they could prop him up as a figurehead. From Wordnik.com. [Squares Need Not Apply] Reference
Boudiaf, 73, may have angered the power elite by becoming more than a figurehead. From Wordnik.com. [Murder On The Mediterranean] Reference
Lee rolled his eyes as he lifted the figurehead out of the tub with my best towel. From Wordnik.com. [Josephine Skinny Jeans: Chapter 1] Reference
Here is how the CTC has responded to their figurehead being found in flagrante delicto. From Wordnik.com. [Jon Snow should set an example on his bike by not running red lights] Reference
Perhaps, in a potentially fissiparous nation of immigrants, a secular figurehead had to be found. From Wordnik.com. [Take Me To Your Leader] Reference
The recording artist is an improbable figurehead to launch a global initiative about better parenting. From Wordnik.com. [Off The Wall?] Reference
He spent the rest of his life in limbo: a moral beacon for statesmen, but in politics, only a figurehead. From Wordnik.com. [A Moral Beacon for Germany] Reference
Just a year ago, the centrists in Reform had money, organization and Ventura, a wildly popular figurehead. From Wordnik.com. ['The Body' Slams His Party] Reference
The whole point of building the new agency around Draper was to establish him as an Ogilvy/Reeves-like figurehead of the firm. From Wordnik.com. [Mad Men: season four, episode one] Reference
With his unkempt hair, halogen smile and soft spot for Tamil poetry, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is not your ordinary national figurehead. From Wordnik.com. [Sexing Up Science] Reference
They don't know his age - he's thought to be in his late 20s - but they think he's too young to be anything more than a figurehead. From Wordnik.com. [N. Koreans may be frustrated with government and likely rise of Kim Jong Eun] Reference
For Gomez and tens of thousands of other pilgrims, it will be a unique opportunity to see and hear from the figurehead of their faith. From Wordnik.com. [Britain Prepares for Visit by Pope Benedict XVI] Reference
Djindjic's followers widely expected Kostunica to be a figurehead president, with the veteran politician as the power behind the throne. From Wordnik.com. [In Milosevic's Wake] Reference
Think of it as an activist Huffington Post (only without a socialite figurehead) or a Gawker Media for good (without the empty vitriol). From Wordnik.com. [Blogging Like The World Depended On It] Reference
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