as in dean
the senior member of a group
the elder statesman of the White House correspondents is finally retiring after nearly a half century of service
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Recent Examples of elder statesman
First time, too, for the team’s elder statesmen in left tackle Garett Bolles and receiver Courtland Sutton.
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Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
Though none of the three elder statesmen is capable of capturing his Cy Young form, all three are certain to land jobs as back-of-the-rotation starters.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
For his part, Peres had finally achieved high office on his own merit, serving as Israel’s elder statesman.
—Brent E. Sasley, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2016
Like that elder statesman of American fashion, Mukherjee has managed to adopt aspects of traditional British tailoring while celebrating his own country’s aesthetically vital culture.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2025
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Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
Though none of the three elder statesmen is capable of capturing his Cy Young form, all three are certain to land jobs as back-of-the-rotation starters.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
For his part, Peres had finally achieved high office on his own merit, serving as Israel’s elder statesman.
—Brent E. Sasley, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2016
Like that elder statesman of American fashion, Mukherjee has managed to adopt aspects of traditional British tailoring while celebrating his own country’s aesthetically vital culture.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elder statesman
Noun
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Seidel and the university’s board of trustees, which met just before Wright was terminated as dean, have denied that his demotion was in retaliation for his refusing to transfer the funds.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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But it was trashed by H. L. Mencken, editor of the Baltimore Sun and dean of America‘s literary critics.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This diminishing of the sandwich generation’s own financial security could have very far reaching effects, not only for their own retirement plans down the road but for their own children as well, the legacy of the family elders who need long term care.—
Carolyn Rosenblatt,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The survey revealed Gen Z plans to embrace a more traditional mindset than their millennial elders in many ways.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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Air Force veteran Mark Mendon of Blue Springs, Missouri, showed up to lend his support to the Satanic Grotto’s cause.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2025
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Citadel stars Game of Thrones veteran Richard Madden and Quantico’s Priyanka Chopra as elite spy agents who had their memories wiped years ago after encountering a shadowy syndicate known as Manticore.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Elder statesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elder%20statesman. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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