different between statesman vs cicero

English

Etymology

state +? -s- +? -man, calque of French homme d'État.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ste?tsm?n/

Noun

statesman (plural statesmen)

1. A man who is a leader in national or international affairs.
2. A male political leader who promotes the public good or who is recognized for probity, leadership, or the qualities necessary to govern a state.
3. In the dialect of the English Lake District and nearby, a man who lives on a landed estate; a small landholder.

Related terms

• elder statesman
• statesmanship
• stateswoman
• statesperson

Translations

Further reading

• statesman in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• statesman in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• statesman at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From its use in Pannartz and Sweynheim's 1467 Roman edition of Cicero's Epistulae ad Familiares ("Letters to My Friends").

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?s??o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?s????/
• Hyphenation: ci?ce?ro

Noun

cicero (plural ciceros)

1. (typography, Continental printing) The Continental equivalent of the English pica: a measure of 12 Didot points (4.51368 mm or about 0.178 in.) or a body of type in this size.

Translations

See also

• pica

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

cicero m (definite singular ciceroen, indefinite plural ciceroar, definite plural ciceroane)

1. (typography) cicero

See also

• pica
• punkt

References

• “cicero” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.