stateswoman
noun
a woman who is experienced in the art of government.
stateswomen
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pluralof stateswoman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Althaus, the defending silver medalist from Germany, and Takanashi, the defending bronze medalist from Japan, are the elder stateswomen at age 25 in this young person’s game.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2022
And against that backdrop, instead of a flexing of American might or a tidal wave of pomp, the world saw two stateswomen heading to breakfast.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2021
It features a conversation between Tavi Gevinson and Lorde, two elder stateswomen of the precocious teen-girl community.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 7, 2017
How do you feel about becoming, for lack of a better word, one of the elder stateswomen inside the field of comedy?
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2015
One day a sudden witticism of an orator upset the gravity of the listening stateswomen, and scandalized the Speaker.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott
