elder statesman
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "Thus Ito, according to some interpreters of modern Japan, practically ceased to rank as an "elder statesman" when he consented to lead the political combination known as the Sei-yu-kai."
- "Mrs. Carghill. At bottom, I believe you're still the same silly Richard / You always were. You wanted to pose / As a man of the world. And now you're posing / As what? I presume, as an elder statesman; / And the difference between being an elder statesman / And posing successfully as an elder statesman / Is practically negligible. / And you look the part."
- "Michael Foot was speaking affectionately when in 1979 he quipped that David Steel had apparently gone from 'rising hope to elder statesman' without any intervening period whatsoever."
- "While Ulbricht technically remained in office as Chairman of the State Council, a position that ostensibly gave him a role as elder statesman, he was sidelined by Honecker with systematic ruthlessness."
- "The former president has positioned himself as an impartial elder statesman above intraparty machinations and was neutral during the 2020 Democratic primaries."
- "I would classify him in this field as an elder statesman and a very knowledgeable and brilliant scientist, and useful for consulting purposes, but he is not directly working on Project Vela."