elder statesman

1. 1.

   any influential person whose advice is highly respected

   Broaderimportant person
2. 2.

   an elderly statesman whose advice is sought be government leaders

   Broaderstatesman

Questions about elder statesman

What does elder statesman mean?

elder statesman means "any influential person whose advice is highly respected". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is elder statesman a common word?

elder statesman is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.