Definition of Stateswoman

1. Noun. A woman statesman.


Definition of Stateswoman

1. n. A woman concerned in public affairs.

Definition of Stateswoman

1. Noun. A woman who is a leader in national or international affairs. ¹

2. Noun. A female political leader who promotes the public good or who is recognized for probity, leadership, or the qualities necessary to govern a state. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stateswoman

staters
states
states' rights
states of affairs
states of mind
stateside
statesman
statesmanlike
statesmanly
statesmanship
statesmanships
statesmen
statespeople
statesperson
statespersons
stateswoman (current term)
stateswomen
statewide
stathead
statheads
stathmin
stathmograph
stathmographs
static
static binding
static electricity
static equilibrium
static kill
static line
static lines

Literary usage of Stateswoman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Emma Lady Hamilton from New and Original Sources and Documents: Together by Walter Sydney Sichel (1907)
"... stateswoman ' 1794-1797 ' stateswoman' is Swift's term for Stella. It fits better the Trilby of the political studio. The muse as medium was already ..."

2. Emma Lady Hamilton from New and Original Sources and Documents: Together by Walter Sydney Sichel (1907)
"... CHAPTER VII ' stateswoman ' 1794-1797 ' stateswoman ' is Swift's term for Stella. It fits better the Trilby of the political studio. ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Heckling- school board and an educational stateswoman. G: H. Mead. Survey. 31: 443- 4. Ja, 10. '14. Lucy Flower technical high school. D. Wells. 47: 1263-4. ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Probably this excellent stateswoman, with her power of managing ... In fact, no statesman or stateswoman has yet solved the problem — and it may be that it ..."

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