statesman

[statesĀ·man]

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

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A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities.

Noun
a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs


n.
A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities.

n.
One occupied with the affairs of government, and influental in shaping its policy.

n.
A small landholder.


Statesman

States"man , n.; pl. Statesmen . 1. A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities.
The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the more, the stronger light there is shed upon them.
2. One occupied with the affairs of government, and influental in shaping its policy. 3. A small landholder. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities.

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Usage Examples

A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.

The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are one, Security to possessors two, facility to acquirers and three, hope to all.

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.

He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

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Other Usage Examples

At home, you always have to be a politician when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.

Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.

I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.

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