Statesman Definition

stātsmən
statesmen
noun
statesmen
A person who shows wisdom, skill, and vision in conducting state affairs and dealing with public issues, or one engaged in the business of government.
Webster's New World

A man who is a leader in national or international affairs.

Wiktionary
A male political leader regarded as a disinterested promoter of the public good.
American Heritage
A man who is a respected leader in a given field.
American Heritage
In the dialect of the English Lake District and nearby, a man who lives on a landed estate.
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Other Word Forms of Statesman

Noun

Singular:
statesman
Plural:
statesmen

Origin of Statesman

  • Calque of French homme d'état, state's +"Ž -man

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Statesman Sentence Examples

  • Consalvi, besides being a statesman, was a man of wide and varied interests.

  • He was in no sense a statesman.

  • Like Napoleon, with whom he has often been compared, he was equally illustrious as a soldier, a statesman, an orator, a legislator and an administrator.

  • Whatever his defects as a statesman, he was a gallant soldier, a man of culture and a loyal servant.

  • Added to this there was still in the background the veteran statesman to whom Liberalism owed an unequalled obligation.

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Words Starting With

SSTSTA

Words Ending With

NANMAN

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Words Starting With S and Ending With N

Starts With S & Ends With NStarts With ST & Ends With NStarts With S & Ends With AN

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With S9 Letter Words Ending With N