figureheads's Usage Examples:

The menacing appearance of toothy and bug-eyed figureheads on Viking ships were considered a form of apotropaic magic, serving the.

in parliamentary republics are often considered to be figureheads.

Commonly cited figureheads include Elizabeth II, who is queen of 16 Commonwealth realms.

Prominent Bektashi figureheads have organized public celebrations of nevruz and ashura, in order to.

performing merely ceremonial functions, which made them little more than figureheads (rois fainéants, "do-nothing kings").

Trixi Worrack and Edita Pučinskaitė (Lithuania) were among the team's figureheads.

Imperial Court in the official capital city of Heian-kyō (Kyoto) as figureheads.

Late Night Tales selection of post-punk, cult indie and counter-culture figureheads reflects the band's multifaceted sound, and draws comparisons with contemporary.

Tughril relegated the Abbasid Caliphs to state figureheads and took command of the caliphate's armies in military offensives against.

conquest of Egypt in 1517, but they were little more than religious figureheads for the Mamluks.

the annexation, the Kingdom's royal family persisted as traditional figureheads prior to the final abolition of the royal structure by republican authorities.

identify traders operating on the São Francisco and, as with ancient figureheads, serve the superstitious as guardians on the river.

The basement consists of diverse items like figureheads, ornaments of naval ships, ship models and pieces of the Byzantine chain.

Later Salghurids were powerless figureheads, until the daughter of Sa'd II, Abish Khatun was given the title of Atabegate.

and Shane Ortega, a transgender Army soldier, were two of many trans figureheads and advocates against the ban.

The Enragés were not a unified party, rather the individual figureheads that comprised the group identified as the Enragés worked for their own.

Cutbush, and soon surpassed his master in the art of carving of ships' figureheads in wood.

Water buffalo figureheads were the standard ridge ornaments of Karo house roofs in general, however.

ceremony that crowns athletes (male and female), coaches, referees or other figureheads who have contributed to Italian basketball, with a maximum of seven inductees.

Strongmen who sometimes governed through figureheads included Diego Portales of Chile, Rafael Núñez of Colombia, Tomás Guardia.

Synonyms:

deceiver; cheat; cheater; trickster; straw man; beguiler; front; strawman; slicker; nominal head; front man;

Antonyms:

undercharge; posterior; aft; last; back;