Hvad betyder figurehead på engelsk?

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figurehead Betydning & definition

0 a person who is officially a leader but who does little or has little power -- kransekagefigur
- She is the real leader of the party – he is only a figurehead.
1 an ornamental figure (usually of carved wood) attached to the front of a ship. -- gallionsfigur

They were merely figureheads and profit-takers in the final analysis.
Once we get away from the figureheads, the picture is very different.
We do not want a lot of figureheads and partisans; we want particularly broadminded people of general knowledge.
I would not presume to know whether they are figureheads.
Likewise, his councillors without the power of decision over financial priorities would become mere local dignataries and figureheads, without having the responsibility that local representative government now gives them.
They are merely the figureheads and representatives.
Mayors were short-term figureheads who changed mostly on practically an annual basis.
However, these men are mostly just figureheads today.