strategist
Americannoun
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strategists
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of strategist
First recorded in 1830–40; strateg(y) + -ist
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Explanation
That guy who's really good at making a detailed plan for winning at Monopoly? He's a strategist, or an expert at strategy, or planning. The noun strategist is most commonly used to talk about military people who plan wars, but it's useful whenever you mention someone who is particularly good at making a plan in any kind of complex situation. A coach acts as a strategist when she makes a plan to help her team win the game. A busy mom could also be called a strategist when she has a system for getting a bunch of kids fed, clothed, and out the door to school on time.
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“The ‘Spider-Man’ market is again climbing ‘a wall of worry,’” Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers, told MarketWatch on Friday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
“The dot plot signals one further hike this year and leaves open the possibility of another in 2027,” the chief rates strategist says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"I'm the first person to be like, 'It's from M&S, you need to get on to it,'" Farron Clark, a 26-year-old brand strategist tells me.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“He is an expert builder and strategist, technical and product-minded, with sharp instincts for what fans actually want.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The other children looked to him as their strategist, their Clausewitz, and Matthew said nothing as they drove up to the main gate of the Ravenel Air Station.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
BofA strategists now forecast well over $300 billion in total debt issuance this year from Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
“However, the global rebuilding of term premia is not yet complete, and markets still have scope to price a more aggressive path of central bank rate hikes,” according to the French bank’s rates strategists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet next week, or in the Middle East — the market’s best hope for big upside is a peak in hyperscaler capital expenditure, the strategists say.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Recent economic data have strengthened the case for additional support, Societe Generale strategists said, pointing to August retail sales having risen just 0.4% from a year earlier, while year-to-date fixed-asset investment growth slowed to 7.2%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Knights, warriors, and strategists are in their favor.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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