STATESMAN


Meaning of STATESMAN in English

states ‧ man /ˈsteɪtsmən/ BrE AmE noun ( plural statesmen /-mən/) [countable]

a political or government leader, especially one who is respected as being wise and fair:

a respected elder statesman

—statesmanship noun [uncountable]

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THESAURUS

▪ politician someone who works in politics, especially an elected member of the government:

senior politicians

▪ statesman a political or government leader, especially one who is well-respected:

a respected elder statesman

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great statesmen like Roosevelt and Churchill

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He would later describe the king as ‘one of the most brilliant statesmen I have ever been privileged to meet’.

▪ MP/Member of Parliament in Britain, someone who has been elected to a parliament to represent people from a particular area of the country:

Ken Newton, MP

▪ congressman a man who is a member of a congress, especially the US House of Representatives:

a Republican congressman

▪ congresswoman a woman who is a member of a congress, especially the US House of Representatives:

Mrs McKinney was the state’s first black congresswoman.

▪ senator a member of the senate, especially in the US:

Senator Clinton

▪ representative in the US, a member of the House of Representatives:

Democratic Representatives

▪ mayor someone who has been elected to lead the government of a town or city:

Boris Johnson was elected Mayor of London.

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the former New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani

▪ spin doctor someone who is used by a political party to influence people’s opinions by cleverly controlling what is reported in the news:

The party spin doctors would like us to believe that the government is committed to improving the environment.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.