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===Etymology=== |
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Revision as of 00:40, 19 January 2017
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology
state + -s- + -man, calque of French homme d’État.
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.
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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Related terms
External links
- “statesman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “statesman”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “statesman”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.