gamesman

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Among presidents, he said, John F. Kennedy was a gamesman, Gerald Ford and Dwight D. Eisenhower were company men, and Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon were jungle fighters.

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2022

Ever the gamesman, Mr. Lasorda didn’t want the A’s to know that.

From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2021

Hard-charging daughter, Desdemona, is neurotic about her application to Princeton, and son, Upton, is a champion electronic gamesman.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2010

By evenhanded contrast, the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh was brainy, an amateur mathematician, a superior gamesman especially addicted to cricket and golf.

From Time Magazine Archive

The gamesman released the hare he was holding, and he went bounding off.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin