statesmanship

statesman | American Dictionary

statesman
noun[ C ]
us/ˈsteɪts·mən/plural-menus/ˈsteɪts·mən/-womenus/ˈsteɪtsˌwɪm·ən/(femalestateswoman, us/ˈsteɪtsˌwʊm·ən/)
a politician or government official who is respected and experienced

statesmanlike

adjectiveus/ˈsteɪts·mənˌlɑɪk/
a statesmanlike speech

statesman | Business English

statesman
noun[ C ]
 POLITICS approvinguk /ˈsteɪtsmən/uspluralstatesmen
an experienced and respected politician or member of a particular profession:
He was a statesman who opened Hawaii to international relations.
He has confirmed his reputation as an elder statesman in the energy industry.

Examples of statesman

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They were both exceptionally learned statesmen and consummate rhetoricians.
But statesmen with military experience remained worried about the nation's state of preparedness.
This was the lesson of the twentieth century; statesmen who believed in clear-cut power politics were stuck back in the nineteenth.
As international statesmen they lacked interest in social and economic policy, and seemed also to be caught in a time-warp of imperial illusions.
We have not only mathematicians becoming philosophers, but astrologers becoming experimentalists, statesmen becoming naturalists, and alchemists becoming entrepreneurs.
The books reviewed here show that there are still many more facets of this most versatile of statesmen to be studied and interpreted.
Similarly, history was, until the 19th century, primarily an account of the actions of kings, statesmen, generals and other luminaries.
If statesmen fail to be far-sighted or maintain a vision of the future, we may be deprived by foreign countries of remaining profits.
A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.
And the wise statesman ignores at his peril the ' natural ' materials at his disposal.
If statesmen found it impossible to escape ' the logic of imperial security ', political women rallied to their support with growing enthusiasm.
This compelling book looks at the personalities, agendas, visions and territorial designs of these eight statesmen.
Without regional organization, it is difficult for statesmen to foster a culture of common interest leading to cooperation rather than conflict.
British parliamentarians and statesmen obtained more information about taxable capacities available in the colonies.
What a chapter might be written upon this gallery of marble soldiers and statesmen !
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