statesman

elder statesman

1. One who is experienced and successful in a particular area. Because Michael's the elder statesman in our department, everyone always goes to him with questions.
2. One who is no longer working in a particular job but is still considered a valuable resource. Even though he's been retired for a year, Joe is still the elder statesman that gives us all feedback on our manuscripts.
See also: elder, statesman
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

an ˌelder ˈstatesman


1 a person who has had an important job in government, business, etc. and who, though he/she may have retired (= stopped work), is still likely to be asked for his/her opinion and advice
2 any experienced and respected person whose advice or work is valued: He is regarded as TV’s elder statesman, having worked for the giant CBS network for nearly twenty years.
See also: elder, statesman
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • an elder statesman
  • elder
  • elder statesman
  • a past master
  • be certain that (something will happen or is the case)
  • It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back
  • 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
  • Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
  • deja
  • déjà vu
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His outrageous remarks have cast a very critical eye on his reputation as an extraordinary and acclaimed leader, as leading politicians and journalists around the world have questioned his legitimacy as a highly revered statesman. Some politicians have gone to the extent of ranking him in the same category as genocidal European dictators like Stalin and Hitler due to his war-time crimes and his government's attitude to the famines in Bengal in 1943, where millions of Indians died due to starvation.
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Davos [Switzerland] January 23 ( ANI ): Vice-chairman and managing director of Bharti Enterprises, Rajan Mittal on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke as a global statesman at the 48th World Economic Forum (WEF), while focusing on globalisation and crucial issues like terrorism.
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Ex-US President Bill Clinton called him the "most important European statesman since World War Two".
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In a dual biography covering the last ten years of the lives of friends and contemporaries, writer Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) and statesman John Hay (who served as secretary of state under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt), The Statesman and the Storyteller not only provides an intimate look into the daily lives of these men but also creates an elucidating portrait of the United States on the verge of emerging as a world power.
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The Jewish National Fund had booked Clinton as guest speaker for three dinners and the ex-US statesman had been told "senior" Scots politicians would attend.
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