national leader
English Thesaurus
1. a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs (noun.person)
hyponym | : | elder statesman, |
definition | : | an elderly statesman whose advice is sought be government leaders (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | founding father, |
definition | : | a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787 (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | stateswoman, |
definition | : | a woman statesman (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | adenauer, konrad adenauer, |
definition | : | German statesman; chancellor of West Germany (1876-1967) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | agrippa, marcus vipsanius agrippa, |
definition | : | Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | alcibiades, |
definition | : | ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | arafat, yasser arafat, |
definition | : | Palestinian statesman who was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (1929-2004) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | begin, menachem begin, |
definition | : | Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | ben gurion, david ben gurion, david grun, |
definition | : | Israeli statesman (born in Poland) and active Zionist who organized resistance against the British after World War II; prime minister of Israel (1886-1973) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | bevin, ernest bevin, |
definition | : | British labor leader and statesman who played an important role in diplomacy after World War II (1884-1951) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | anicius manlius severinus boethius, boethius, |
definition | : | a Roman who was an early Christian philosopher and statesman who was executed for treason; Boethius had a decisive influence on medieval logic (circa 480-524) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | bolivar, el libertador, simon bolivar, |
definition | : | Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | brandt, willy brandt, |
definition | : | German statesman who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | brutus, marcus junius brutus, |
definition | : | statesman of ancient Rome who (with Cassius) led a conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar (85-42 BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | burke, edmund burke, |
definition | : | British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | chiang chung-cheng, chiang kai-shek, |
definition | : | Chinese military and political figure; in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | cicero, marcus tullius cicero, tully, |
definition | : | a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | cincinnatus, lucius quinctius cincinnatus, |
definition | : | Roman statesman regarded as a model of simple virtue; he twice was called to assume dictatorship of Rome and each time retired to his farm (519-438 BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | cromwell, ironsides, oliver cromwell, |
definition | : | English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | davis, jefferson davis, |
definition | : | American statesman; president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1808-1889) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | dayan, moshe dayan, |
definition | : | Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | demosthenes, |
definition | : | Athenian statesman and orator (circa 385-322 BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | de valera, eamon de valera, |
definition | : | Irish statesman (born in the United States); as president of the Irish Free State he was responsible for the new constitution of 1937 that created the state of Eire (1882-1975) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | flaminius, gaius flaminius, |
definition | : | Roman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way; died when he was defeated by Hannibal (died 217 BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | charles james fox, fox, |
definition | : | English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | charles grey, grey, second earl grey, |
definition | : | Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | alexander hamilton, hamilton, |
definition | : | United States statesman and leader of the Federalists; as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank; was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr (1755-1804) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | havel, vaclav havel, |
definition | : | Czech dramatist and statesman whose plays opposed totalitarianism and who served as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and president of the Czech Republic since 1993 (born in 1936) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | ho chi minh, nguyen tat thanh, |
definition | : | Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954 and South Vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | jinnah, muhammad ali jinnah, |
definition | : | Indian statesman who was the founder of Pakistan as a Muslim state (1876-1948) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | kaunda, kenneth david kaunda, kenneth kaunda, |
definition | : | statesman who led Northern Rhodesia to full independence as Zambia in 1964 and served as Zambia's first president (1924-1999) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | jomo kenyata, kenyata, |
definition | : | Kenyan statesman and the first president of independent Kenya (1893-1978) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | aleksandr feodorovich kerensky, kerensky, |
definition | : | Russian revolutionary who was head of state after Nicholas II abdicated but was overthrown by the Bolsheviks (1881-1970) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | khama, sir seretse khama, |
definition | : | Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | lorenzo de'medici, lorenzo the magnificent, |
definition | : | Italian statesman and scholar who supported many artists and humanists including Michelangelo and Leonardo and Botticelli (1449-1492) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | machiavelli, niccolo machiavelli, |
definition | : | a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | mandela, nelson mandela, nelson rolihlahla mandela, |
definition | : | South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | golda meir, meir, |
definition | : | Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | more, sir thomas more, thomas more, |
definition | : | English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | gouverneur morris, morris, |
definition | : | United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | hosni mubarak, mubarak, |
definition | : | Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | fridtjof nansen, nansen, |
definition | : | Norwegian explorer of the Arctic and director of the League of Nations relief program for refugees of World War I (1861-1930) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | gamal abdel nasser, nasser, |
definition | : | Egyptian statesman who nationalized the Suez Canal (1918-1970) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | jawaharlal nehru, nehru, |
definition | : | Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule; was the first prime minister of the Republic of India from 1947 to 1964 (1889-1964) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | pericles, |
definition | : | Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | colin luther powell, colin powell, powell, |
definition | : | United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | anwar el-sadat, anwar sadat, sadat, |
definition | : | Egyptian statesman who (as president of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin (then prime minister of Israel) (1918-1981) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | lucius annaeus seneca, seneca, |
definition | : | Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | ian douglas smith, ian smith, smith, |
definition | : | Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | suharto, |
definition | : | Indonesian statesman who seized power from Sukarno in 1967 (born in 1921) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | achmad sukarno, sukarno, |
definition | : | Indonesian statesman who obtained the independence of Indonesia from the Netherlands in 1949 and served as president until ousted by Suharto in a coup d'etat (1901-1970) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | sun yat-sen, sun yixian, |
definition | : | Chinese statesman who organized the Kuomintang and led the revolution that overthrew the Manchu dynasty in 1911 and 1912 (1866-1925) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | themistocles, |
definition | : | Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | josip broz, marshal tito, tito, |
definition | : | Yugoslav statesman who led the resistance to German occupation during World War II and established a communist state after the war (1892-1980) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | kurt waldheim, waldheim, |
definition | : | Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II (born in 1918) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | lech walesa, walesa, |
definition | : | Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | earl of warwick, kingmaker, richard neville, warwick, |
definition | : | English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | chaim azriel weizmann, chaim weizmann, weizmann, |
definition | : | Israeli statesman who persuaded the United States to recognize the new state of Israel and became its first president (1874-1952) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | william of wykeham, wykeham, |
definition | : | English prelate and statesman; founded a college at Oxford and Winchester College in Winchester; served as chancellor of England and bishop of Winchester (1324-1404) (noun.person) |
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