strategist en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *str̥tós Proto-Hellenic *strətós Ancient Greek στρατός (stratós) Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Hellenic *ágō Ancient Greek ἄγω (ágō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek στρᾰτηγός (strătēgós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek στρατηγία (stratēgía)bor. Latin stratēgiader. English strategy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English strategist From strategy + -ist.
Meanings
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A person who devises strategies.
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.
2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| strategists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
counterstrategist · geostrategist · cyberstrategist · e-strategist
Translations (24)
pt estratego (one who devises strategies) · ka სტრატეგი (one who devises strategies) · id ahli strategi (one who devises strategies) · pl strateg (one who devises strategies) · ko 전략가 (one who devises strategies) · pt estratega (one who devises strategies) · be стратэ́г (one who devises strategies) · ja 戦略家 (one who devises strategies) · fi strategi (one who devises strategies) · uk страте́г (one who devises strategies) · it stratega (one who devises strategies) · fr stratège (one who devises strategies) · sv strateg (one who devises strategies) · cmn 戰略家 /战略家 (one who devises strategies) · pt estrategista (one who devises strategies) · bg страте́г (one who devises strategies) · nl strateeg (one who devises strategies) · es estratega (one who devises strategies) · cs stratég (one who devises strategies) · ms ahli strategi (one who devises strategies) · ca estrateg (one who devises strategies) · vi nhà chiến lược (one who devises strategies) · ru страте́г (one who devises strategies) · de Stratege (one who devises strategies)