statesman
English
/ˈsteɪtsmən/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
- In the dialect of the English Lake District and nearby, a man who lives on a landed estate; a small landholder.
Etymology
Compound from English state (phase of matter) + English -s- (patronymic suffix, plural marker, genitive suffix, the patronymic suffix, plural)+ English -man.
Origin
English
-man
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -man English
- -s- English
- Robertsman English
- State of Mississippi English
- antistate English
- batsman English
- bistate English
- bitstate English
- blue state English
- bullswool English
- chain-melted state English
- clansperson English
- counterstate English
- downstate English
- eigenstate English
- ethno-state English
- ethnostate English
- forestate English
- goatshair English
- guildswoman English
- hawksbeard English
- immunostate English
- in-state English
- instate English
- interstate English
- intrastate English
- macrostate English
- megastate English
- metastate English
- microstate English
- mindstate English
- ministate English
- misstate English
- multistate English
- narco-state English
- narcostate English
- nonstate English
- outstate English
- oversman English
- overstate English
- parastate English
- petrostate English
- pigscot English
- plantsperson English
- princely state English
- pro-state English
- protostate English
- pseudostate English
- purple state English
- quasistate English
- red state English
- restate English
- savestate English
- scampsman English
- semi-state English
- semistate English
- skainsmate English
- sneaksman English
- spearsman English
- statable English
- statal English
- state English
- state-run English
- statechart English
- statecraft English
- statedom English
- statefinder English
- stateful English
- statefunction English
- statehood English
- statehouse English
- stateless English
- statelet English
- statelike English
- stately English
- statemate English
- statement English
- statemonger English
- stateprison English
- stateroom English
- stateship English
- stateside English
- statesmanlike English
- statesmanly English
- statesmanship English
- statesperson English
- stateswoman English
- statewide English
- statie English
- statism English
- statist English
- statocracy English
- statoid English
- statolatry English
- substate English
- superstate English
- suprastate English
- tradeswoman English
- tristate English
- typestate English
- understate English
- unstate English
- unstatesmanlike English
- unstatesmanly English
- upstate English
- status Latin
- Mann German
- Staat German
- Staatsmann German
- -man French
- ステート Japanese
- -s, -es Middle English
- estat Old French
- -mon Welsh
- -s-
- -man
- state
- statie
- statal
- stately
- statism
- upstate
- statist
- statoid
- instate
- pigscot
- bistate
- unstate
- batsman
- restate
- statelet
- tristate
- statable
- bitstate
- substate
- misstate
- statedom
- in-state
- stateful
- outstate
- oversman
- nonstate
- scampsman
- bullswool
- downstate
- overstate
- ministate
- antistate
- stateship
- pro-state
- stateroom
- parastate
- spearsman
- stateless
- state-run
- metastate
- stateside
- statehood
- semistate
- statement
- mindstate
- goatshair
- red state
- statemate
- sneaksman
- forestate
- savestate
- megastate
- statewide
- typestate
- statelike
- petrostate
- statocracy
- statehouse
- narcostate
- suprastate
- intrastate
- Robertsman
- eigenstate
- multistate
- semi-state
- ethnostate
- statecraft
- understate
- microstate
- blue state
- macrostate
- protostate
- interstate
- quasistate
- statolatry
- superstate
- hawksbeard
- skainsmate
- statechart
- statesmanly
- guildswoman
- statefinder
- pseudostate
- statemonger
- narco-state
- stateprison
- tradeswoman
- clansperson
- stateswoman
- immunostate
- ethno-state
- plantsperson
- statesperson
- counterstate
- purple state
- statesmanship
- statesmanlike
- unstatesmanly
- statefunction
- princely state
- unstatesmanlike
- chain-melted state
- State of Mississippi