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单词 stateswoman
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Definition of stateswoman in English:

stateswoman

nounPlural stateswomen ˈsteɪtsˌwʊmənˈsteɪtsˌwʊmən
  • A skilled, experienced, and respected female political leader or figure.

    a senior stateswoman
    Example sentencesExamples
    • What, did they think her an Old Russun stateswoman or something?
    • She sought to paint herself as the stateswoman who provides certainty to business and the community, takes the public into her confidence, and distinguishes between "governing" and "campaigning".
    • Therefore, what the Democrats need, and what America needs, is a Jimmy Carter / John Kennedy / Abraham Lincoln / Thomas Jefferson statesman or stateswoman.
    • For all the democratic and transparent processes the nation went through last year, it has failed to produce a leader who can even remotely be considered a statesman or stateswoman.
    • Her view is very Euro-centric for such a global stateswoman.
    • She is now being celebrated for what she has always been: a great stateswoman and iconic figure of our time.
    • ‘They're so cute; I just love what they do,’ says elder stateswoman Williamson of the young band.
    • If we do that in the case of Bosnia, it is not so difficult to understand why a middle course of muddling through was originally chosen: it is the response that one would expect from any statesman or stateswoman who had a genuine desire to safeguard humanitarian values but no compelling national interest to become directly involved in a conflict and persuasive prudential reasons to stay out.
    • She proved herself to be a great stateswoman.
    • For all the democratic and transparent processes the nation went through last year in electing its present leaders, it has failed to produce a leader who can even remotely be considered a statesman or stateswoman.
    • She is a military leader who cares for her soldiers and a stateswoman who cares for her nation.
    • Now that she has been the first autonomous ‘dalit politician’, she might take a shot at being the first dalit stateswoman.
    • The current special relationship between Britain and the United States becomes on this account something more than an alliance of interests; it is a meeting of minds between types of statesman or stateswoman.
    • This book uniquely combines the original documentary sources and scholarly examination of her long and multifaceted career as a stateswoman, politician, educational leader, and visionary.
    • The job of US ambassador to the world also transformed her from politician to stateswoman.

Origin

Early 17th century: from state's woman, after statesman.

 
 

Definition of stateswoman in US English:

stateswoman

nounˈsteɪtsˌwʊmənˈstātsˌwo͝omən
  • A skilled, experienced, and respected female political leader or figure.

    a senior stateswoman
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘They're so cute; I just love what they do,’ says elder stateswoman Williamson of the young band.
    • She sought to paint herself as the stateswoman who provides certainty to business and the community, takes the public into her confidence, and distinguishes between "governing" and "campaigning".
    • This book uniquely combines the original documentary sources and scholarly examination of her long and multifaceted career as a stateswoman, politician, educational leader, and visionary.
    • The job of US ambassador to the world also transformed her from politician to stateswoman.
    • For all the democratic and transparent processes the nation went through last year, it has failed to produce a leader who can even remotely be considered a statesman or stateswoman.
    • If we do that in the case of Bosnia, it is not so difficult to understand why a middle course of muddling through was originally chosen: it is the response that one would expect from any statesman or stateswoman who had a genuine desire to safeguard humanitarian values but no compelling national interest to become directly involved in a conflict and persuasive prudential reasons to stay out.
    • She is a military leader who cares for her soldiers and a stateswoman who cares for her nation.
    • The current special relationship between Britain and the United States becomes on this account something more than an alliance of interests; it is a meeting of minds between types of statesman or stateswoman.
    • Her view is very Euro-centric for such a global stateswoman.
    • Now that she has been the first autonomous ‘dalit politician’, she might take a shot at being the first dalit stateswoman.
    • Therefore, what the Democrats need, and what America needs, is a Jimmy Carter / John Kennedy / Abraham Lincoln / Thomas Jefferson statesman or stateswoman.
    • What, did they think her an Old Russun stateswoman or something?
    • She is now being celebrated for what she has always been: a great stateswoman and iconic figure of our time.
    • She proved herself to be a great stateswoman.
    • For all the democratic and transparent processes the nation went through last year in electing its present leaders, it has failed to produce a leader who can even remotely be considered a statesman or stateswoman.

Origin

Early 17th century: from state's woman, after statesman.

 
 
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