figurehead vs presider

figurehead

noun
  • Someone in a nominal position of leadership who has no actual power; a front or front man. 

  • A carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship. 

presider

noun
  • Someone who presides; a leader, an overseer, a president. 

How often have the words figurehead and presider occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )