Plural of statesman
irregular plural
The plural of statesman is statesmen.
Forms of statesman
| Singular | statesman /ˈsteɪtsmən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | statesmen /ˈsteɪtsmən/ |
| Countable | countable |
Statesmen in a sentence
- Eton College has been called "the chief nurse of England's statesmen".From the entry nurse
- We sincerely regret that the statesmen in Britain and France are suffering from virulent germanophobia.1922, The Literary Digest - Volume 72, page 21. From the entry germanophobia
- Statesmen sometimes need some whoopingly big lies to justify to themselves and their followers actions which they contemplate.1966, Leonard William Doob, Public opinion and propaganda, page 390. From the entry whoopingly
- Wise words from one of advertising's elder statesmen, who has seen the industry evolve from TV, radio, and print to today's splinternet.2012, Rachel Pasqua, Noah Elkin, Mobile Marketing: An Hour a Day. From the entry splinternet
- So holding this finest flower of the Ruritanian genius, as their poet laureate said, to their hearts, Ruritania's statesmen went forth to divide and conquer.1922, Walter Lippman, chapter X, in Public Opinion, published 2007, page 79. From the entry Ruritanian
Meaning of statesman
- noun A man who is a leader in national or international affairs.
- noun A male political leader who promotes the public good or who is recognized for probity, leadership, or the qualities necessary to govern a state.
- noun A man who lives on a landed estate; a small landholder.
Nouns ending in -man: plural -men
Questions about the plural of statesman
- What is the plural of statesman?
- The plural of statesman is statesmen.
- Is statesman countable?
- Statesman is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: statesman (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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