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Meanings of mere figurehead in English

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Usage of mere figurehead in English
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But the truth is that the King of Bohemia was now a mere figurehead.
A History of the Moravian Church
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Without power or privileges, she was a mere figurehead- agoodmother looking after her family.
Women of Modern France
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Still, the way the technocrats keep whittling away at my responsibilities, I'm becoming a mere figurehead.
The Winds of Dune
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Fremont, a mere figurehead as their candidate, had polled a million votes in the campaign before.
The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
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I don't want to be a mere figurehead.
The Treasure
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TEACHERS' INTEREST King, a lifelong cricket enthusiast, is no mere figurehead but integral to the project's origin and development.
Reuters
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She was a mere figurehead.
The Fortunate Youth
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Hampered at every turn by my colleagues, fettered by the democratic system of which I should be the mere figurehead!
The Secret Adversary
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It will not do to imagine that Lord Urusander is now little more than a mere figurehead, to be pushed this way and that.
Forge of Darkness
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Picked out by the great political parties as mere figureheads, sometimes they deceived their sponsors, and showed themselves men and patriots.
The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life
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"And the Queen- averylovely young woman-isa mere figurehead-apawn to be moved at the discretion of the higher powers."
The Royal Pawn of Venice / A Romance of Cyprus
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