stateswoman

[ steyts-woom-uhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural states·wom·en.

a woman who is experienced in the art of government.
a woman who exhibits great wisdom and ability in directing the affairs of a government.

First recorded in 1600–10; states(man) + -woman

She was willing to essay the rle of stateswoman with no other principle than revenge and no other policy than plunder.

Lady Marney was a great stateswoman, a leader in fashionable politics.

A stateswoman or statesman is one who is intelligently active in work that materially benefits the citizens of a state or nation.

The history of 1860 and the following winter proves that in her the world has lost a stateswoman.

Lady Firebrace, a great stateswoman among the tories, was proud of an admirer who was a member of the whig cabinet.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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