statesman
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsteɪtsmən/
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Noun
statesman (plural statesmen)
- A man who is a leader in national or international affairs.
- A male political leader who promotes the public good or who is recognized for probity, leadership, or the qualities necessary to govern a state.
- In the dialect of the English Lake District and nearby, a man who lives on a landed estate; a small landholder.
Related terms
Translations
man who is a leader in national or international affairs
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political leader who promotes the public good
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Further reading
- statesman in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- statesman in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- statesman at OneLook Dictionary Search
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