Last of all, went Julius Rohscheimer, that gross figurehead of British finance, saying, with a satirish smile, to Haredale, who had made an eighth at dinner: "You won't mind amusing Miss Oppner, Haredale, till we're through with this little job?
"The Sins of Séverac Bablon"
Sax Rohmer
He was irresponsible, the nominal executive and figurehead of the State, but all his acts had to be countersigned by a responsible Minister, by which his initiative was greatly reduced.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
With the love of broad generalisation, which is at once valuable and perilous in political philosophy, publicists have been in the habit of speaking of the Queen as a figurehead; but statesmen who have seen the inner life of the cabinet know that the metaphor is inexact.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell