head of state

noun phrase

: the leader of a country
a meeting of heads of state

Examples of head of state in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Anti-Hernández protesters gathered outside the Manhattan courthouse ahead of the sentencing with placards decrying the former head of state's crimes. CBS News, 26 June 2024 For the head of state is not a fellow citizen, but the owner of the state, and a war will not force him to make the slightest sacrifice so far as his banquets, hunts, pleasure palaces and court festivals are concerned. Michael Doyle, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024 So, that as the image of the fallout of losing the patriarchal head of the family and the head of state is really astute and quite thrilling. Radhika Seth, Vogue, 13 June 2024 In short, the president used his dual status as head of state and elected politician to his fullest political advantage when embarking on his program of pre-election travels. Sarah Thomson / Made By History, TIME, 6 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for head of state 

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“Head of state.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20of%20state. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.

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