statesman

Other forms of statesman

plural

statesmans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about statesman

What does statesman mean?

statesman means "a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs".

How many syllables are in statesman?

statesman has 2 syllables: state-sman. The stress falls on "state". In IPA it is /ˈsteɪtsmən/.

What is another word for statesman?

Close synonyms include solon, national leader. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is statesman a common word?

statesman is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.