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statesman
What does statesman mean?
statesman (noun): a man who is a leader in national or international affairs.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce statesman?
/ˈsteɪtsmən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does statesman come from?
From state + -s- + -man, modelled after French homme d'État.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to statesman
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “statesman” mean?
a man who is a leader in national or international affairs
Right! That's what “statesman” means.
a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
Not quite: that's what consistency means.
a wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action
Not quite: that's what impulse means.
an individual instance that represents a class; an example
Not quite: that's what specimen means.
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