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stateswoman|ˈsteɪtswʊmən|
Pl. -women (-wimen).
[f. state's genitive of state n. + woman, after statesman1.]
A woman who takes part in the conduct of public affairs; a woman with statesmanlike ability.
1609B. Jonson Epicœne ii. ii, So she may..be a Stateswoman, know all the Newes, [etc.]. 1715Addison Freeholder No. 45 ⁋9 Of this kind are the Passions of our Stateswomen, and the Reasonings of our Fox-hunters. 1845Disraeli Sybil ii. xi, Lady Firebrace, a great stateswoman among the tories. 1885Society in Lond. vii. 164 The Queen is a theologian as well as a stateswoman. 1912E. Russell Maitland of Lethington i. 14 The politic Regent..was stateswoman enough to appreciate these qualities.
transf.1826Miss Mitford Village II. 88 She was..a perfect stateswoman; wound the whole school round her finger; and wanted nothing of art but the art to conceal it.
Hence ˈstateswomanship; ˈstateswomanlike, -ly adjs.
1850Thackeray Pendennis II. vi. 62 She..discharges I don't know what more duties of British stateswomanship. 1959C. Pankhurst Unshackled xii. 205 The signatories of this stateswomanly letter included Viscountess Acheson, the Hon. Mrs. Guy Baring. 1966Punch 30 Mar. 442/1 Mrs. Indira Gandhi..will ‘meet and talk with the Prime Minister’, either at the airport or a nearby hotel. With stateswomanlike caution, of course, she'll be rehearsing her formal greeting with a blank after the Mister. |