In every case, they reduced the reigning Emperor to a mere figurehead.

I also believe that the Fates do not intend you to be a mere figurehead.

Some fear that the women swept into office will be mere figureheads or the wives of former officials, taking up space but offering little value.

The Frogs protested they wanted a fierce and terrible king, not a mere figurehead.

This would have made the monarch a mere figurehead.

Over time, the kings became mere figureheads except in their capacity as generals.

He added that, as chief executive of the new company, he would not be a mere figurehead.

In some of these groups, however, traditional chiefs are mere figureheads.

Following the writing of the 1887 Constitution, however, the monarch was reduced to a mere figurehead.

Spain tries to show it is a democracy, with the king a mere figurehead.