nominal head
Example Sentences
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As for the nominal head of the dictatorship, Gabrielle Weiniger and David Charter report for The Times of London:
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
The monarch is the nominal head of the government and armed forces, and is highly regarded as the protector of Islam and Malay tradition.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2024
“He is the nominal head of the court, but has little authority to act on his own.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022
Last month, the North sent a delegation to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, led by Mr. Kim’s sister, Kim Yo-jong, and the North’s nominal head of state, Kim Yong-nam.
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2018
The king was nominal head of the whole feudal society, he was the chief suzerain, and all the great lords were his vassals and owed him homage.
From Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by Walton, William
