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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++tit·u·lar /ˈtɪtʃələ $ -ər/ adjective [only before noun]  titular head/leader/monarch etc PGOsomeone who is the official leader or ruler of a country but who does not have real power or authority 名义元首/领导/君主等
Examples from the Corpus
titularShe was the titular head of our hareem.Some thought it odd to see the retired Frank Kush out there, as titular head of the football program.Typically, the anthropologist finds that individuals hold titular offices by virtue of their position in the kinship system.This, in a performance of the present one's quality, properly prepared the way for the work's titular song.However, sources say the job's more titular than real with Waxman wanting to stay in the Boston area.
Origin titular (1500-1600) Latin titulus; → TITLE
tit·u·lar adjectiveChineseSyllable
or is Corpus who the leader someone official


titular
titular /ˈtɪtʃələ, ˈtɪtʃʊlə $ -ər/ adjective [only before noun]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: titulus; title
titular head/leader/monarch etc someone who is the official leader or ruler of a country but who does not have real power or authority


titu·larBrE /ˈtɪtjulə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtɪtʃələr/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] (formal) having a particular title or status but no real power or authority 名义上的;有名无实的;徒有虚名的 SYN nominal the titular head of state名义上的国家元首the titular character of a book, play, film/movie, etc. is the one mentioned in the title 标题的;被用作标题的 SYN eponymous