You could have settled for a figurehead role, My Lady; instead, you're working ten and twelve-hour days learning to be a real steadholder.

By 1979, Landon's position as an adviser had become a figurehead role.

The queen nowadays is popularly perceived to have a figurehead role, serving as "mother of the nation" in times of crises and disasters (such as the 1953 floods).

He rejected giving the deposed monarch real power and appeared to dismiss even a figurehead role.

The position is largely an apolitical ceremonial figurehead role, with the real executive power lying in the hands of the Prime Minister.

His figurehead role in the lockout engendered more vitriol against him than almost any of his last-second missed shots.

As a result, he was effectively demoted by Phibun to the figurehead role of Regent for the young monarch, who was studying in Switzerland.

The exercise of its power has allegedly relegated the Commissioner to a figurehead role.

The Caliph al-Radi was reduced to a figurehead role, while the extensive civil bureaucracy was cut down dramatically both in size and power.

Some visionaries emphasize communication, and some assume a figurehead role in organizing a social group.