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What does head of state mean?

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Noun
  1. The chief public representative of a nation having duties, privileges and responsibilities varying greatly depending on the constitutional rules; a monarch in a monarchy, and often styled president in a republic, but variations such as collegiality exist.
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In 1986, the rebel leader travelled to Washington where he was received like a head of state, meeting the President in the Oval Office.
The head of state, the prime minister, is a member of the majority party in a multiparty system.
The head of state has called for me by name, but I don't have time for him.
The head of state is not the president but the supreme leader, who is chosen from among Shiite clerics.
Gromyko had been one of Gorbachev's supporters and he was kicked upstairs to become head of state.
It is under the nominal rule of a governor general elected by Parliament to represent Queen Elizabeth II of England, the head of state.

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