tactician

[ tak-tish-uhn ]

noun

1. a person who is adept in planning tactics. tactics.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tactician¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; tactic + -ian

Example Sentences

Of course, behind all of this is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, as sharp a tactician as any in the GOP.

From TIme

Instead the Niners coaches are just master tacticians, hyper focused on finding little edges in how they disguise their plays.

From FiveThirtyEight

Perhaps that’s because his character was modeled after the Dallas Cowboys’ Hall of Fame head coach Tom Landry, an undeniably great tactician and one of the first people in the NFL to use an analytical process to manage a team.

From FiveThirtyEight

And as one of the initial organizers of the Federalist Society, he is a skilled political tactician.

From The Daily Beast

He was bluff, inspirational to the men, a brilliant tactician.

From The Daily Beast

Vladimir Putin, says John Browne, the former chief executive of BP, is a master tactician.

From The Daily Beast

He described the Israeli leader as “an ideologue and a tactician, but not a gifted strategist.”

From The Daily Beast

Rove is a master tactician, but not necessarily a great judge of political horseflesh.

From The Daily Beast

Further, excellent as he was as a strategist and tactician, the details of administration bored him.

From Project Gutenberg

A leader of men rather than a tactician or strategist, he played on the enthusiasm of his soldiers by example rather than precept.

From Project Gutenberg

Though no great strategist or tactician, he was an able leader of men, and had the faculty of enforcing obedience to his orders.

From Project Gutenberg

This officer had distinguished himself as a brilliant tactician; he was known as "fighting Joe;" but he was rash.

From Project Gutenberg

The taking of Caracas in 1595 showed him as not only an able leader, but as an extraordinarily gifted tactician.

From Project Gutenberg

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