strategist

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English

Etymology

strategy +‎ -ist

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɹætəd͡ʒɪst/
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Noun

strategist (plural strategists)

  1. A person who devises strategies.
    • 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
      In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.

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Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French stratégiste. By surface analysis, strategie +‎ -ist.

Noun

strategist m (plural strategiști)

  1. strategist

Declension