gamesman
Americannoun
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a person who is skilled at manipulating events and circumstances to gain or maintain personal advantage, especially in business or politics.
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a person who enjoys playing games of skill.
Etymology
Origin of gamesman
Example Sentences
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Among presidents, he said, John F. Kennedy was a gamesman, Gerald Ford and Dwight D. Eisenhower were company men, and Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon were jungle fighters.
From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2022
Ever the gamesman, Mr. Lasorda didn’t want the A’s to know that.
From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2021
Hard-charging daughter, Desdemona, is neurotic about her application to Princeton, and son, Upton, is a champion electronic gamesman.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2010
A master gamesman in the tradition of Robert Cannafax, who used to pull a knife and stab himself in his wooden leg while his opponent was shooting, Lassiter complained of a fever, sinusitis and ulcers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet he was a dedicated gamesman and a master at chess.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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