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

Like Ali, Namath could be an arrogant gamesman: he preposterously predicted that his 17-point underdog Jets would beat the Baltimore Colts in the 1969 Super Bowl�and they did, 16 to 7.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet he was a dedicated gamesman and a master at chess.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin