Meanings
nounstatesman (plural statesmen)
plural statesmen
- A man who is a leader in national or international affairs.
- dialectalLake DistrictA man who lives on a landed estate; a small landholder.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
From state + -s- + -man, modelled after French homme d'État.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic رَجُل دَوْلَة
- رَجُل دَوْلَة (rajul dawla)man who is a leader in national or international affairs
Bulgarian държа́вник
- държа́вник (dăržávnik)man who is a leader in national or international affairs
Chinese Mandarin 政治家
- 政治家 (zhèngzhìjiā)man who is a leader in national or international affairs
Czech státník
- státníkman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Danish statsmand
- statsmandman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Dutch staatsman
- staatsmanman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Estonian riigitegelane
- riigitegelaneman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Finnish valtiomies, valtiomies
- valtiomiesman who is a leader in national or international affairs
- valtiomiespolitical leader who promotes the public good
French homme d'État
- homme d'Étatman who is a leader in national or international affairs
German Staatsmann
- Staatsmannman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Hebrew מְדִינַאי
- מְדִינַאי (medinái)man who is a leader in national or international affairs
Hindi कूटनीतिज्ञ, स्टेट्समैन
- कूटनीतिज्ञ (kūṭnītijña)man who is a leader in national or international affairs
- स्टेट्समैन (sṭeṭsamain)man who is a leader in national or international affairs
Hungarian államférfi
- államférfiman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Indonesian negarawan
- negarawanman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Italian uomo di stato, statista
- uomo di statoman who is a leader in national or international affairs
- statistaman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Japanese 政治家
- 政治家 (seijika)man who is a leader in national or international affairs
Korean 정치가, 정치인
- 정치가 (jeongchiga)man who is a leader in national or international affairs
- 정치인 (jeongchiin)man who is a leader in national or international affairs
Latvian valstsvīrs
- valstsvīrsman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Lithuanian valstybininkas
- valstybininkasman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Malay negarawan
- negarawanman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Norwegian Bokmål statsmann
- statsmannman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Persian زمامدار, دُولَتمَرد
- زمامدار (zamâmdâr)man who is a leader in national or international affairs
- دُولَتمَرد (dowlat-mard)man who is a leader in national or international affairs
- رَجُلِ سیاسی (rajol-e siyâsi)man who is a leader in national or international affairs
Polish mąż stanu, mąż stanu
- mąż stanuman who is a leader in national or international affairs
- mąż stanupolitical leader who promotes the public good
Portuguese estadista
- estadistaman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Romanian om de stat
- om de statman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Russian госуда́рственный де́ятель
- госуда́рственный де́ятель (gosudárstvennyj déjatelʹ)man who is a leader in national or international affairs
Slovak štátnik
- štátnikman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Spanish estadista
- estadistaman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Swedish statsman
- statsmanman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Tagalog palabanwa
- palabanwaman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Thai รัฐบุรุษ, รัฐบุรุษ
- รัฐบุรุษ (rát-tà-bù-rùt)man who is a leader in national or international affairs
- รัฐบุรุษ (rát-tà-bù-rùt)political leader who promotes the public good
Turkish devlet adamı
- devlet adamıman who is a leader in national or international affairs
Ukrainian держа́вний дія́ч
- держа́вний дія́ч (deržávnyj dijáč)man who is a leader in national or international affairs
Cite this entry
APA
statesman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statesman
MLA
“statesman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statesman. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “statesman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statesman.
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