Meanings (ES + gloss)
mascarón de proa
A carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship.
cabeza de fierro • figura decorativa • hombre de paja • testaferro • testaférrea
Someone in a nominal position of leadership who has little to no actual power.
Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future…
Instead she played, largely impeccably, the part of a modern constitutional monarch, a symbolic figurehead with a right to be consulted and to advise and warn political leaders pri…
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