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Elder Statesman

Definitions: Elder Statesman

Elder Statesman

Noun

1. Any influential person whose advice is highly respected.

2. An elderly statesman whose advice is sought be government leaders.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

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Crosswords: Elder Statesman

English words defined with "elder statesman": Pitt, Pitt the YoungerSecond Earl of ChathamWilliam Pitt. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Elder Statesman

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Austria

A Socialist elder statesman, Dr. Karl Renner, organized an Austrian administration in the aftermath of the war, and general elections were held in November 1945. In that election, the conservative People's Party (OVP) obtained 50% of the vote (85 seats) in the National Council (lower house of Parliament), the Socialists won 45% (76 seats), and the communists won 5% (4 seats). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Elder Statesman

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Gerald Ford

Some call me an elder statesman. I don't know. I don't mind telling you that I'm not ready to quit yet!

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Elder Statesman

Language Translations for "elder statesman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

zkušený státník. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

παλαίμαχοσ πολιτικόσ. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

元老 (authority), 元勲 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

'"く" (strict instruction, your honored father), '"ろう (authority). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

elderay atesmanstay.(various references)

   

Turkish

  

emekli devlet adamı danışman, yaşlı kurt (sly old fox). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Elder Statesman

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-e-l-m-n-r-s-s-t-t"

-3 letters: relatedness.

-4 letters: alternated, alternates, determents, elatedness, maltreated, slenderest, stalemated, stalemates, streamlets, translated, translates.

-5 letters: alertness, alterants, alternate, ameerates, anteaters, antedates, arsenates, attendees, attenders, deaerates, deemsters, desalters, determent, detesters, dreamless, easements, edentates, emendates, enamelers, entreated, entremets, estreated, lamenters, lateeners, letterman, lettermen, maltreats, maltsters, mantelets, mesentera, resettled, resettles, resmelted, seastrand, seatmates, selenates, semestral, serenades, serenatas, slatterns, smartened, smattered, stalemate, statesman, statesmen, steamered, stearates, steersman, steersmen, streamlet, tarletans, teamsters, teaselers, tenderest, tendresse, tradesman, tradesmen, translate, treadless.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Elder Statesman


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6C 64 65 72      53 74 61 74 65 73 6D 61 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101100 01100100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01010011 01110100 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110011 01101101 01100001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#108 &#100 &#101 &#114 &#32 &#83 &#116 &#97 &#116 &#101 &#115 &#109 &#97 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006C 0064 0065 0072      0053 0074 0061 0074 0065 0073 006D 0061 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39787071842538667867185796780

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Quotations: Spoken
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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