stateswoman

[ steyts-woom-uhn ]

noun

, plural states·wom·en.

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

Gender Note

See -woman.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stateswoman¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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