statesman
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Etymology[edit]
state + -s- + -man, calque of French homme d'État.
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
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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External links[edit]
- statesman in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- statesman in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- statesman at OneLook Dictionary Search