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    FIGUREHEAD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Figure on the bow of some sailing vesselsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("figurehead" is a kind of...):

    figure (a model of a bodily form (especially of a person))

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A person used as a cover for some questionable activityplay

    Synonyms:

    figurehead; front; front man; nominal head; straw man; strawman

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("figurehead" is a kind of...):

    beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)

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