statesman
Example Sentences
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The historian who writes about decline and fall will dwell on the misdeeds of statesmen; the novelist focuses on family.
In it, he compared himself to one of the great statesmen of ancient Athens: “I have terminated my political career, and I come, like Themistocles, to throw myself on the hospitality of the British people.”
It is one of 12 statues on or around Parliament Square, most of well-known statesmen such as Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela.
From BBC
He stayed on as Clinton's chief adviser after he left office in 2000 and helped him transition from president into a jet-setting elder statesman.
From BBC
But Nvidia is now in the odd position of having to play elder statesman, if only to temper some of the wilder views about AI.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
