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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is leader in name only |
| Synonyms: | cipher, front*, mouthpiece, nominal head, nonentity, nothing, puppet*, straw boss, straw person, titular head, token |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who allows himself to be used |
| Synonyms: | accessory, accomplice, agent, auxiliary, chump, creature, dupe, easy mark, figurehead, flunky, go-between, greenhorn, hireling, idiot, intermediary, jackal, lackey, mark*, medium, messenger, minion, patsy, pawn, peon, puppet, stooge, stool pigeon, sucker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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