statesmann.¹

Brit.

/ˈsteɪtsmən/, U.S.

/ˈsteɪtsmən/

Forms: 1500s– statesman, 1600s staitsman (Scottish), 1700s statisman (Scottish).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: state n., man n.¹

Etymology: < the genitive of state n. + man n.¹ In sense 1 after Middle French homme d'etat (late 14th cent.; French homme d'état ); compare similarly Dutch staatsman (17th cent.), German Staatsmann (1677), Swedish statsman (1685), Danish statsmand (a1719). In sense 2 probably an independent formation; compare state n. 31 and also estatesman n.

a. A person (esp. a man) who takes a leading part in the affairs of a state; a skilled, experienced, and respected politician. Cf. stateswoman n.elder statesman: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun] > skilled or leading

statist1584

statesman1592

statecraftsman1726

statesperson1972

statespeople1975

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Huntington Libr. copy) sig. B2 Some thinke to be counted rare Politicians and Statesmen, by being solitary.

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 222 A gentlewoman..saide to a secular priest..if you once become statesmen, and haue dealings with the Lords of the Counsell..then I haue done with you.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 16 The word Statesmen is of great Latitude, sometimes signifying such who are able to manage Offices of State, though never actually called thereunto.

1701 Claims of People of Eng. 109 Who can blame a King that shall find out a cunning Statesman, and place him in the prime Ministry.

1774 O. Goldsmith Retaliation 38 Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit.

1840 Foreign Q. Rev. 24 315 The statesman..can expect to be supported by them [sc. his people], as the vigilant guard and watch-post of their communital rights.

1881 W. R. W. Stephens S. Saxon Diocese iv. 124 Langton belonged to that class of prelates who were statesmen rather than diocesans.

1912 J. H. Rose in Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. 702 The optimism which was the glory of Pitt as a man, but not seldom his weakness as a statesman.

1959 Daily Tel. 4 Mar. 8 No statesman, not even a Soviet Prime Minister, can afford to disregard mankind's longing for peace.

2009 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) June 12/1 Edward Kennedy needed all the courage and determination that had turned a scandal-prone kid brother into one of America's greatest statesmen.

b. In extended use (chiefly with modifying word). A person who puts forth political opinions without taking an active role in affairs of state; a person who acts like a politician in a particular sphere, place, etc. Frequently somewhat depreciative.

ΚΠ

a1704 J. Locke Conduct of Understanding §3 in Posthumous Wks. (1706) 13 To such a one truly an ordinary Coffee-house Gleaner of the City is an errant Statesman.

1718 Free-thinker No. 8. 1 Numbers, who were present at his Tryal and Execution (not excepting our News-Writers and Garret-Statesmen) have not been able to agree about him.

1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 223 Where village statesmen talked with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round.

1826 Times 27 Apr. 2/6 See..how our newspaper statesmen comprehend political questions in our country, where, according to them, pure absolutism reigns.

1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands viii. 95 Ther job's simply screamin' fer a statesman iv your sort.

1999 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Oct. 79/1 The financiers and the corporate statesmen..finish a distant third.

2. English regional (chiefly northern and East Anglian). The owner of a small landed estate; a yeoman. Cf. estatesman n. Now chiefly historical.The sense in quot. 1695 is unclear. Magrath notes ( J. R. Magrath Flemings in Oxf. (1924) III. 217): ‘Staits Man may have some connexion with Statesman, a North Country name for a yeoman farmer owning the land he farms... Staitsman may have been Roger's nickname among his pals... N.E.D. does not find the term in use till a century later.’

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > owner > landowner > small landowner

yeomana1387

portioner1476

goodman1540

esquire1600

little man1787

statesman1787

1695 J. Fleming Let. 16 July in J. R. Magrath Flemings in Oxf. (1924) III. 217 Quondam Staits Man.]

1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 389 Statesmen, yeomen; small owners.

1794 A. Pringle Gen. View Agric. Westmoreland 30 The great number of small land-holders, or statesmen above-mentioned..doing the work upon their own estates.

1794 T. Brown Gen. View Agric. Derby 14 The smaller landowners, provincially statesmen.

a1826 M. Leadbeater Ann. Ballitore (1862) I. 329 A statesman, which means in Cumberland phrase one who owns the fee-simple of his land, but works on it himself.

1890 Leeds Mercury 21 Feb. John Metcalfe, the son of a farmer and ‘statesman’ residing at Longmarton.

1906 Badminton Mag. June 624 Evidently some statesman (yeoman farmer) or shepherd was out late, seeking perhaps stray sheep.

1961 C. M. W. Bouch Short Econ. & Social Hist. Lake Counties vii. 179 John Camm was a ‘statesman’ rich enough to build himself a house at Camsgill.

2009 P. Gannon Rock Trails Lakeland viii. 127 Between about 1550 and 1800 the ‘statesmen’..had successfully taken over and enclosed all the remaining open land.

Compounds

Appositive, as statesman-bishop, statesman-priest, etc. Cf. priest-statesman n. at priest n. Compounds 1, prophet-statesman n. at prophet n. Compounds 1.

ΚΠ

1728 J. Swift Mad Mullinix & Timothy in Intelligencer (1729) viii. 68 An able statesman-bishop.

1802 G. Murray Evidence of Miracles vi. 110 The feelings of a statesman-priest, might not perhaps be less favourable to religious zeal, than those of a mere priest.

1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington 25 The statesman-warrior, moderate, resolute.

1906 E. G. Sandford Mem. Abp. Temple I. 260 He is also the greatest of the statesmen-bishops of Exeter.

1970 L. S. Greenbaum (title) Talleyrand, statesman-priest: the agent-general of the clergy and the Church of France at the end of the Old Regime.

1996 A. Emery Greater Medieval Houses Eng. Wales v. 51 The itineraries of bishop Langley between 1406 and 1436 illustrate the very extensive amount of travelling undertaken by a statesman-bishop.

2009 J. K. Hoffmeier Immigration Crisis vii. 124 Daniel, the statesman-prophet, was one of these young men.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	statesman
释义	statesmann.¹ Brit. /ˈsteɪtsmən/, U.S. /ˈsteɪtsmən/ Forms: 1500s– statesman, 1600s staitsman (Scottish), 1700s statisman (Scottish). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: state n., man n.¹ Etymology: < the genitive of state n. + man n.¹ In sense 1 after Middle French homme d'etat (late 14th cent.; French homme d'état ); compare similarly Dutch staatsman (17th cent.), German Staatsmann (1677), Swedish statsman (1685), Danish statsmand (a1719). In sense 2 probably an independent formation; compare state n. 31 and also estatesman n. 1. a. A person (esp. a man) who takes a leading part in the affairs of a state; a skilled, experienced, and respected politician. Cf. stateswoman n.elder statesman: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun] > skilled or leading statist1584 statesman1592 statecraftsman1726 statesperson1972 statespeople1975 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Huntington Libr. copy) sig. B2 Some thinke to be counted rare Politicians and Statesmen, by being solitary. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 222 A gentlewoman..saide to a secular priest..if you once become statesmen, and haue dealings with the Lords of the Counsell..then I haue done with you. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 16 The word Statesmen is of great Latitude, sometimes signifying such who are able to manage Offices of State, though never actually called thereunto. 1701 Claims of People of Eng. 109 Who can blame a King that shall find out a cunning Statesman, and place him in the prime Ministry. 1774 O. Goldsmith Retaliation 38 Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit. 1840 Foreign Q. Rev. 24 315 The statesman..can expect to be supported by them [sc. his people], as the vigilant guard and watch-post of their communital rights. 1881 W. R. W. Stephens S. Saxon Diocese iv. 124 Langton belonged to that class of prelates who were statesmen rather than diocesans. 1912 J. H. Rose in Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. 702 The optimism which was the glory of Pitt as a man, but not seldom his weakness as a statesman. 1959 Daily Tel. 4 Mar. 8 No statesman, not even a Soviet Prime Minister, can afford to disregard mankind's longing for peace. 2009 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) June 12/1 Edward Kennedy needed all the courage and determination that had turned a scandal-prone kid brother into one of America's greatest statesmen. b. In extended use (chiefly with modifying word). A person who puts forth political opinions without taking an active role in affairs of state; a person who acts like a politician in a particular sphere, place, etc. Frequently somewhat depreciative. ΚΠ a1704 J. Locke Conduct of Understanding §3 in Posthumous Wks. (1706) 13 To such a one truly an ordinary Coffee-house Gleaner of the City is an errant Statesman. 1718 Free-thinker No. 8. 1 Numbers, who were present at his Tryal and Execution (not excepting our News-Writers and Garret-Statesmen) have not been able to agree about him. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 223 Where village statesmen talked with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. 1826 Times 27 Apr. 2/6 See..how our newspaper statesmen comprehend political questions in our country, where, according to them, pure absolutism reigns. 1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands viii. 95 Ther job's simply screamin' fer a statesman iv your sort. 1999 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Oct. 79/1 The financiers and the corporate statesmen..finish a distant third. 2. English regional (chiefly northern and East Anglian). The owner of a small landed estate; a yeoman. Cf. estatesman n. Now chiefly historical.The sense in quot. 1695 is unclear. Magrath notes ( J. R. Magrath Flemings in Oxf. (1924) III. 217): ‘Staits Man may have some connexion with Statesman, a North Country name for a yeoman farmer owning the land he farms... Staitsman may have been Roger's nickname among his pals... N.E.D. does not find the term in use till a century later.’ ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > owner > landowner > small landowner yeomana1387 portioner1476 goodman1540 esquire1600 little man1787 statesman1787 1695 J. Fleming Let. 16 July in J. R. Magrath Flemings in Oxf. (1924) III. 217 Quondam Staits Man.] 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 389 Statesmen, yeomen; small owners. 1794 A. Pringle Gen. View Agric. Westmoreland 30 The great number of small land-holders, or statesmen above-mentioned..doing the work upon their own estates. 1794 T. Brown Gen. View Agric. Derby 14 The smaller landowners, provincially statesmen. a1826 M. Leadbeater Ann. Ballitore (1862) I. 329 A statesman, which means in Cumberland phrase one who owns the fee-simple of his land, but works on it himself. 1890 Leeds Mercury 21 Feb. John Metcalfe, the son of a farmer and ‘statesman’ residing at Longmarton. 1906 Badminton Mag. June 624 Evidently some statesman (yeoman farmer) or shepherd was out late, seeking perhaps stray sheep. 1961 C. M. W. Bouch Short Econ. & Social Hist. Lake Counties vii. 179 John Camm was a ‘statesman’ rich enough to build himself a house at Camsgill. 2009 P. Gannon Rock Trails Lakeland viii. 127 Between about 1550 and 1800 the ‘statesmen’..had successfully taken over and enclosed all the remaining open land. Compounds Appositive, as statesman-bishop, statesman-priest, etc. Cf. priest-statesman n. at priest n. Compounds 1, prophet-statesman n. at prophet n. Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1728 J. Swift Mad Mullinix & Timothy in Intelligencer (1729) viii. 68 An able statesman-bishop. 1802 G. Murray Evidence of Miracles vi. 110 The feelings of a statesman-priest, might not perhaps be less favourable to religious zeal, than those of a mere priest. 1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington 25 The statesman-warrior, moderate, resolute. 1906 E. G. Sandford Mem. Abp. Temple I. 260 He is also the greatest of the statesmen-bishops of Exeter. 1970 L. S. Greenbaum (title) Talleyrand, statesman-priest: the agent-general of the clergy and the Church of France at the end of the Old Regime. 1996 A. Emery Greater Medieval Houses Eng. Wales v. 51 The itineraries of bishop Langley between 1406 and 1436 illustrate the very extensive amount of travelling undertaken by a statesman-bishop. 2009 J. K. Hoffmeier Immigration Crisis vii. 124 Daniel, the statesman-prophet, was one of these young men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † Statesmann.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: state n., man n.¹ Etymology: < the plural of state n. + man n.¹ Compare state n. 21a, States General n. Obsolete. A subject of the States of Holland (see state n. 21a); esp. a member of the States of Holland army. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of the Low Countries > [noun] > the Dutch > native or inhabitant of Holland Hollandera1549 Netherlander1555 Hans1569 Low Dutchman1576 butterbox1595 Dutchman1596 Statesman1603 hogan1649 frog1652 hogen mogen1652 Froglander1673 sooterkin1680 mynheer1701 Dutcher1818 1603 R. Cecil Let. 3 Oct. in E. Sawyer Memorials Affairs of State (1725) II. 7 They were pursued by the States Men, and..carried away together with the Shallop into Holland. 1608 E. Grimeston tr. J. F. Le Petit Gen. Hist. Netherlands x. 594 Generall Alonso de Vergas..commanding the foote to goe forth and skirmish with the states-men. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 679 The Enemies Horse..violently falling into the Flank of the Statesmen, made a great slaughter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.¹1592n.²1603
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Compounds

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