α. 1600s– statemonger.
β. 1600s–1800s statesmonger.
statemongern.
/ˈsteɪtˌmʌŋɡə/, U.S. /ˈsteɪtˌmɑŋɡər/, /ˈsteɪtˌməŋɡər/ derogatory.
A person who meddles in state affairs, or who affects political knowledge; a scheming, imperious, or ineffective politician.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun] > skilled or leading > pretender to
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1602 W. Watson tr. A. Arnauld Le Franc Discours 98 To make odious to the people, all such as wish the safety of your state,..they haue framed a new terme, calling them Statemongers [Fr. estatiens].
1622 Abp. J. Williams Let. 17 Sept. in Cabala (1654) 111 I would therefore see the most subtile State-monger [1656 States-monger] in the world chalk out a way for his Majestie to mediate for Grace, and favour for the Protestants.
1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 151 This said; the impatient States-Monger Could now contain himself no longer.
1709 W. Oldisworth Dial. Timothy & Philatheus I. ii. 208 If the Clergy are Fools, their Masters must be little better: for I'll be sworn they learnt this trick of the State-mongers.
1779 Pictures of Men, Manners & Times II. xxiv. 81 A most disastrous race of state-mongers who infest this country.
1832 R. Southey Ess. I. 347 The old balsam of memory should be prescribed for such state-mongers.
1891 F. W. Bain Antichrist i. 53 The Revolutionary statesmongers were far too much in a hurry.
1920 C. E. Callwell Experiences of Dug-out iv. 81 The statemonger always assumes that the public take his pledges..seriously.
2005 N. Jacobsen & C. A. de Losada Polit. Cultures in Andes i. 71 These processes often resulted in outcomes quite different from those envisioned by elite colonial and postcolonial statemongers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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