Word Meanings - STATER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who states.

STATESMANLIKE
Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
STATESWOMAN
A woman concerned in public affairs. A rare stateswoman; I admire her bearing. B. Jonson.
STATESMANLY
Becoming a statesman.
STATESMAN
1. A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities. The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the more, the stronger light
STATES-GENERAL
1. In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty. 2. In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers.
STATESMANSHIP
The qualifications, duties, or employments of a statesman.