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Statesman vs Policeman - What's the difference?

statesman | policeman |

As nouns the difference between statesman and policeman

is that statesman is a man who is a leader in national or international affairs while policeman is a member of a police force, especially one who is male.

statesman

English

Noun

(statesmen)
  • A man who is a leader in national or international affairs.
  • A male political leader who promotes the public good or who is recognized for probity, leadership, or the qualities necessary to govern a state.
  • In the dialect of the English and nearby, a man who lives on a landed estate.
  • policeman

    English

    Noun

    (policemen)
  • A member of a police force, especially one who is male.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=19 citation , passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman' s helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
  • (chemistry) A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
  • Synonyms

    * (member of a police force) See * (glass rod with rubber cap) rubber policeman

    Antonyms

    * policewoman

    Hypernyms

    * police officer

    Derived terms

    * sleeping policeman