statesman
/ˈsteɪtsmən/ noun B2- A man who is a leader in national or international affairs.
- A male political leader who promotes the public good or who is recognized for probity, leadership, or the qualities necessary to govern a state.
Plural statesmen
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de Blacas moved suddenly towards the baron, but the fright of the courtier pleaded for the forbearance of the statesman; and besides, as matters were, it was much more to his advantage that the prefect of police should triumph over him than that he should humiliate the prefect.
“Well, it is just conceivable that a statesman might find himself in a position where he was not sorry to have such a document accidentally destroyed.”
“Not a statesman with the honourable record of Lord Holdhurst?”
The statesman received us with that old-fashioned courtesy for which he is remarkable, and seated us on the two luxuriant lounges on either side of the fireplace.
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