statesman
45
5.6
- noun
- /ˈsteɪtsˌmæn/
- Formal
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- After decades of service, the former president is celebrated as a wise statesman who shaped national policy.
- an elder statesman
- a senior statesman
- a great statesman
As I said, Caesar was a great general, a great statesman, and a great writer.
- As I said, Caesar was a great general, a great statesman, and a great writer.
- He didn't, he didn't start as this magnificent statesman.
- He says it is vain to say that enlightened statesman will be able to adjust these clashing interests.
- But the manner in which he carries himself as this statesman diplomat, I think is, is really powerful.
- That's we've got an issue that we have a system that is full of politicians and we we haven't got statesman.
- Socrates had a friend and possibly a lover called Alcibaides, who was, you know, one of the most influential statesman.
- And when you do that, you're you're a statesman and you're leading through a crisis or you're leading through towards prosperity.
- And so I think a lot about what would a benevolence sort of elder statesman of Apple look like if they sort of acted like, hey, we won.
- They suddenly become aware of the fact that they are have to be statesman, that they represent the United States.
- No, I, I, I think in a day, I think, I think in a time of statesman, no, no, I think I'm, I'm not putting him down.
Examples
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In 1965, for instance, former President Julius K. Nyerere of Tanzania, a highly respected statesman, stated:
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And once more it is under the leadership of an unexpected statesman and hero that this threat is being repelled.
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Our king is a brilliant statesman!
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In such circumstances, the aid of the philosopher and the statesman may be required.
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As I said, Caesar was a great general, a great statesman, and a great writer.
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De Gaulle was the last statesman who knew how to speak of France to France.
Academic text (1992) -
No other Volk in the world has a leading statesman such as ours who takes Christianity so seriously.
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The President described Marquand as a true gentleman a brilliant statesman...
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Her husband is the great statesman Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin.
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Soviet historian Z. Gershov evaluated Wilson as an important statesman who played a noticeable part in American life.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
7
9.9
A respected lawmaker who makes wise and fair decisions
Compounds
- Literature
7
5.4
A respected older man who is a former leader and whose advice people value
How Respected
- Literature
7
5.4
- Formal
45
5.6
∞
1.0
118
3.2
∞
2.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Statesman comes from the parts state (a 'country' or 'government') and man ('person'), so it originally meant a 'man of the state', someone who works for the country. That's why a statesman today is a respected, experienced leader in national or international affairs.