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ˈstatesmanship [-ship.] The activity or skill of a statesman; skilful management of public affairs.
1764Churchill Candidate 286 We saw Thee nimbly vault..Into the seat of pow'r, at one bold leap, A perfect Connoisseur in Statemanship. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ix. II. 417 The whole history of ancient and of modern times records no other such triumph of statesmanship. 1905Ld. E. Fitzmaurice Life Ld. Granville I. xiv. 402 British Statesmanship had lost all reliance on the good intentions of the French Emperor. 1906F. S. Oliver Alex. Hamilton iii. vi. 240 His idea of good statesmanship was good stewardship. |