statesman

Example Sentences

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After his historic run of presidential campaigns, Jackson went on to position himself as an elder statesman within the Democratic Party.

From BBC

Here is the quintessential Westerner about to transform himself from Honest Abe the rail-splitter into Father Abraham, the avuncular statesman capable of handling the looming crisis over disunion and slavery.

From The Wall Street Journal

This will be another stage in what those who work with Prince William call his development as a global statesman.

From BBC

Few statesmen fail to identify their own opinions as common sense, and Mr. Manchin is no exception.

From The Wall Street Journal

Howard Wilkinson, now 82 and a long-time elder statesman of the game, was the last Englishman to lift the title with Leeds United in 1991-92, but in the league's previous guise as the First Division.

From BBC