stateswoman
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- noun
- /ˈsteɪtsˌwʊmən/
- Formal
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- The stateswoman spoke eloquently at the summit, sharing her insights on global climate change.
- an elder stateswoman
Examples
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Hari left the New Statesman after a year or so and tried to get work at the highly respected, left-leaning Guardian newspaper with the assistance of Polly Toynbee, an elder stateswoman on the left whom he had assiduously cultivated.
Academic text (2011) -
Everyone respected her as a stateswoman who dedicated her life to improving women's rights.
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Tisha would be a great stateswoman.
Blog text (7) -
This woman is positioning herself as a future elder stateswoman of the far left.
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She's an aspiring stateswoman and must conduct herself with due decorum.
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But no Western statesman (or stateswoman) has ever summoned up the courage to say anything so.
Blog text (13) -
A petite, almost fragile-looking woman, her relative youth would have surprised anyone who didn't know that from the age of seventeen she'd been heavily involved in the Rebellion spearheaded by her father and the great stateswoman Mon Mothma; with her father's death, she was virtually its core.
Fiction book (1998) -
As a prominent stateswoman, she has significantly influenced diplomatic relations between countries.
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Etymology
The word stateswoman comes from state 'country' or 'government' and the older word statesman, a respected public leader, with woman replacing man to show the female form. So a stateswoman is a woman who is a wise, respected leader in national or international affairs.