statesman

That political statesman is full of ambition.

He is a statesman of the highest caliber.

Is he anything of a statesman?

His reputation as a statesman is splendid.

a statesman to whom cunning had come as second nature.

the obituary lauded him as a great statesman and soldier.

A safe statesman is better than a clever one.

The statesman is much occupied with affairs of state.

It required a statesman’s foresight and sagacity to make the decision.

a lay statesman ought not to trample upon the opinions of his Church advisers.

He is regarded as TV’s elder statesman, having worked for the giant CBS network for nearly twenty years.

CWA President Morton Bahr, an elder statesman of the federation, opposed Sweeney in 1995, figuring a power struggle was bad for labor, even though he agreed with Sweeney’s goals.