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NOMINAL HEAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nominal head mean?
• NOMINAL HEAD (noun)
The noun NOMINAL HEAD has 1 sense:
1. a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
Familiarity information: NOMINAL HEAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person used as a cover for some questionable activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
figurehead; front; front man; nominal head; straw man; strawman
Hypernyms ("nominal head" is a kind of...):
beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)
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