[strat-uh-juh
m] 
| 1. | a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy. |
| 2. | any artifice, ruse, or trick devised or used to attain a goal or to gain an advantage over an adversary or competitor: business stratagems. |
gēma instance of generalship, deriv. of stratēgeîn to be in command, deriv. of stratēgós military commander (see strategy ) [strat-uh-jem-i-kuhl] , adjective | strat·a·gem (strāt'ə-jəm) n.
[Middle English, from Old French stratageme, from Old Italian stratagemma, from Latin stratēgēma, from Greek, from stratēgein, to be a general, from stratēgos, general : stratos, army; see ster-2 in Indo-European roots + agein, to lead; see ag- in Indo-European roots.] |