Detailed translations for "figurehead"

figurehead

1. history, at the prow of a sailing ship

figurehead
die Galionsfigur{feminine}
I have gifts for all including a figurehead from a ship 300 feet below the sea.
Ich habe Geschenke für alle... einschließlich der Galionsfigur eines versunkenen Schiffes.
It's obvious. In some ways you're a figurehead of this regime.
Du bist doch eine Galionsfigur dieses Regimes.

2. sociology, mere

figurehead
die Repräsentationsfigur{feminine}

English synonyms for "figurehead"

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