hombre de estado

Definitions of hombre de estado
  1. noun
    a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
    synonyms: estadista
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    Francis Bacon
    English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
    Bismarck
    German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898)
    Julio César
    conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
    Oliver Cromwell
    English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
    Demóstenes
    Athenian statesman and orator (circa 385-322 BC)
    Maquiavelo
    a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)
    Richelieu
    French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642)
    Lucius Annaeus Seneca
    Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD)
    type of:
    líder político, político
    a person active in party politics
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