statesman

English

Etymology

Fromstate+‎-s-+‎-man,modelled afterFrenchhomme d’État.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈsteɪtsmən/

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Noun

statesman(pluralstatesmen)

1. Amanwho is aleaderinnationalorinternationalaffairs.
2. A malepoliticalleader whopromotesthepublicgoodor who is recognized forprobity,leadership,or the qualities necessary togovernastate.
3. (dialectal,Lake District)A man who lives on a landed estate; a smalllandholder.

Synonyms

• wealsman

Related terms

• elder statesman
• statesmanship
• stateswoman
• statesperson

Translations

man who is a leader in national or international affairs

• Albanian:burrë shtetm
• Arabic:رَجُل دَوْلَةm(rajul dawla)
• Armenian:պետական գործիչ(petakan gorcičʻ)
• Azerbaijani:dövlət xadimi
• Belarusian:дзяржа́ўны дзе́ячm(dzjaržáŭny dzjéjač)
• Bulgarian:държа́вник(bg)m(dǎržávnik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Chính trị gia(zh)(zhèngzhìjiā)

• Czech:státník(cs)m
• Danish:statsmandc
• Dutch:staatsman(nl)m
• Estonian:riigitegelane
• Finnish:valtiomies(fi)
• French:homme d’État(fr)m
• Georgian:სახელმწიფო მოღვაწე(saxelmc̣ipo moɣvac̣e)
• German:Staatsmann(de)m
• Hebrew:מְדִינַאי(he)m(medinái)
• Hindi:कूटनीतिज्ञm(kūṭnītijña),स्टेट्समैनm(sṭeṭsamain)
• Hungarian:államférfi(hu)
• Indonesian:negarawan(id)
• Italian:uomo di statom,statista(it)morf
• Japanese:Chính trị gia(ja)(せいじか, seijika)
• Kazakh:мемлекеттік қайраткер(kk)(memlekettık qairatker)
• Khmer:រដ្ឋបុរស(rŏətborɑh)
• Korean:정치가( chính trị gia )(ko)(jeongchiga),정치인( chính trị người )(ko)(jeongchiin)
• Kyrgyz:мамлекеттик ишмер(mamlekettik işmer)
• Lao:ລັດຖະບຸລຸດ(lat tha bu lut)
• Latvian:valstsvīrsm
• Lithuanian:valstybininkasm
• Macedonian:државникm(državnik)
• Malay:negarawan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:statsmannm

  Nynorsk:statsmannm

• Persian:زمامدار(phát)(zamâmdâr),دُولَتمَرد(dowlat-mard),رَجُلِ سیاسی(rajol-e siyâsi)
• Polish:mąż stanu(pl)m
• Portuguese:estadista(pt)morf
• Romanian:om de stat(ro)m
• Russian:госуда́рственный де́ятель(ru)m(gosudárstvennyj déjatelʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:др̀жа̄внӣкm

  Latin:dr̀žāvnīk(sh)m

• Slovak:štátnikm
• Slovene:državnik(sl)m
• Spanish:estadista(es)
• Swedish:statsman(sv)c
• Tagalog:palabanwa
• Tajik:давлатмард(davlatmard),давлат арбоби(davlat arbob-i),ходими давлатӣ(xodim-i davlati)
• Thai:รัฐบุรุษ(th)(rát-tà-bù-rùt)
• Turkish:devlet adamı(tr)
• Ukrainian:держа́вний дія́чm(deržávnyj dijáč)
• Uzbek:davlat arbobi

political leader who promotes the public good

• Finnish:valtiomies(fi)
• Polish:mąż stanu(pl)m
• Thai:รัฐบุรุษ(th)(rát-tà-bù-rùt)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian:^{(pleaseverify)}statista(it)m,^{(pleaseverify)}uomo di statom
• Malayalam:^{(pleaseverify)}രാഷ്ട്രതന്ത്രജ്ഞന്(rāṣṭratantrajñaṉ)

Further reading

• “statesman”,inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
• “statesman”,inThe Century Dictionary[…],New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,1911,→OCLC.
• “statesman”,inOneLook Dictionary Search.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/stɔːtsˈman/

Noun

statesman

1. statesman
   • 1867,CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY,page114,lines7-9:

     and whilke we canna zei, albeit o' 'Governere,' 'Statesman,' an alike.

     and for which we have no words but of 'Governor,' 'Statesman,' &c.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland,London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page114