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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

政治家

Pronunciation / Transliteration: seijika

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Statesman/ˈsteɪts.mən/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼は偉大な政治家として記憶されている。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    An experienced, wise, and respected political leader or figure.

    "He was widely admired as a true statesman who always put his country above party politics."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from 'state' (from Old French 'estat', from Latin 'status') and 'man' (from Old English 'mann'). The term evolved in the late 16th century to denote a person skilled in government and public affairs, distinguished from an ordinary politician by wisdom, vision, and selfless devotion to the public good.

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