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Webster 1913 Edition
Strategist
Strat′e-gist
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
stratégiste
.] One skilled in strategy, or the science of directing great military movements.
Definition 2024
strategist
strategist
English
Noun
strategist (plural strategists)
- Someone 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
one who devises strategies