"statesperson" meaning in All languages combined

See statesperson on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: statespersons [plural], statespeople [plural]
Etymology: From state's + person. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|state|person|alt1=state's}} state's + person Head templates: {{en-noun|s|statespeople}} statesperson (plural statespersons or statespeople)
  1. A politician who is a leader in national or international affairs.
    Sense id: en-statesperson-en-noun-YTLU3P7O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People, Politics Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 26 Disambiguation of People: 53 47 Disambiguation of Politics: 68 32
  2. A political leader who promotes the public good or who is recognized for probity, leadership, or the qualities necessary to govern a state.
    Sense id: en-statesperson-en-noun-CzIvfLuT Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: diplomat, leader, statesman, stateswoman

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "state",
        "3": "person",
        "alt1": "state's"
      },
      "expansion": "state's + person",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From state's + person.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "statespersons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "statespeople",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "statespeople"
      },
      "expansion": "statesperson (plural statespersons or statespeople)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Politics",
          "orig": "en:Politics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A politician who is a leader in national or international affairs."
      ],
      "id": "en-statesperson-en-noun-YTLU3P7O",
      "links": [
        [
          "politician",
          "politician"
        ],
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "national",
          "national"
        ],
        [
          "international",
          "international"
        ],
        [
          "affair",
          "affair"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A political leader who promotes the public good or who is recognized for probity, leadership, or the qualities necessary to govern a state."
      ],
      "id": "en-statesperson-en-noun-CzIvfLuT",
      "links": [
        [
          "political",
          "political"
        ],
        [
          "promote",
          "promote"
        ],
        [
          "public",
          "public"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "probity",
          "probity"
        ],
        [
          "leadership",
          "leadership"
        ],
        [
          "govern",
          "govern"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "diplomat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leader"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "statesman"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "stateswoman"
    }
  ],
  "word": "statesperson"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English gender-neutral terms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:People",
    "en:Politics"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "state",
        "3": "person",
        "alt1": "state's"
      },
      "expansion": "state's + person",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From state's + person.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "statespersons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "statespeople",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "statespeople"
      },
      "expansion": "statesperson (plural statespersons or statespeople)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A politician who is a leader in national or international affairs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "politician",
          "politician"
        ],
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "national",
          "national"
        ],
        [
          "international",
          "international"
        ],
        [
          "affair",
          "affair"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A political leader who promotes the public good or who is recognized for probity, leadership, or the qualities necessary to govern a state."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "political",
          "political"
        ],
        [
          "promote",
          "promote"
        ],
        [
          "public",
          "public"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "probity",
          "probity"
        ],
        [
          "leadership",
          "leadership"
        ],
        [
          "govern",
          "govern"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "diplomat"
    },
    {
      "word": "leader"
    },
    {
      "word": "statesman"
    },
    {
      "word": "stateswoman"
    }
  ],
  "word": "statesperson"
}

Download raw JSONL data for statesperson meaning in All languages combined (1.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (89ebc88 and e74c913). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.