different between statesman vs revolutionary

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

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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

Compare French révolutionnaire.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???v??lu??n??i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???v??lu???n?i/, /-?lju?-/

Adjective

revolutionary (comparative more revolutionary, superlative most revolutionary)

1. Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution

   revolutionary war

   revolutionary measures

   revolutionary agitators

2. pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a standing mindset

   a revolutionary new tool

3. (sciences) pertaining to something that revolves

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Noun

revolutionary (plural revolutionaries)

1. A revolutionist; a person who revolts.
2. (music), (informal) Chopin's 'Revolutionary Etude' Op. 10 no. 12

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