statesman
noun, plural states·men.
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Contemporary Examples of statesman
In Canning he found, or rather projected, “a genius, almost a universal one, an orator, a wit, a poet, a statesman.”
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and SavvyMichael Weiss
February 16, 2014
“Statesman and savants, builders and even priests are their servants,” intoned Time.
And yet her call for a plebiscite smacks as much of political despair than a statesman's conviction.
Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian writer and statesman who changed African literature forever, has died at the age of 82.
They remember “RN,” as they call him, as a statesman, a hero, a peacemaker.
Richard Nixon’s 100th Birthday Draws Kissinger & Others to Schmaltzy BashSandra McElwaine
January 10, 2013
Historical Examples of statesman
It was then that his great career as a European statesman really began.
Camps, Quarters and Casual PlacesArchibald Forbes
As compared with the statesman, he suffers the disadvantage of being alive.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors —to dislodge the worms.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
This dashing young Barnacle, in a word, was likely to become a statesman, and to make a figure.
Little DorritCharles Dickens