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An ancient Athenian statesman and lawgiver, one of the Seven Sages (c.630-c.560 BC).
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A city in Iowa.
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A town in Somerset County, Maine.
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A town in New York.
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A city in Ohio.
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noun
A wise legislator or lawgiver.
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noun
Any legislator.
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a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: statesman, national leader
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Broader terms: politician, politico, pol, political leader
Narrower terms: elder statesman, Founding Father, stateswoman, Acheson, Dean Acheson, Dean Gooderham Acheson, Adenauer, Konrad Adenauer, Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Alcibiades, Arafat, Yasser Arafat, Ataturk, Kemal Ataturk, Kemal Pasha, Mustafa Kemal, Attlee, Clement Attlee, Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, Augustus, Gaius Octavianus, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, Octavian, Bacon, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, 1st Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, Baldwin, Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, Balfour, Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, Baruch, Bernard Baruch, Bernard Mannes Baruch, Begin, Menachem Begin, Ben Gurion, David Ben Gurion, David Grun, Bevin, Ernest Bevin, Bismarck, von Bismarck, Otto von Bismarck, Prince Otto von Bismarck, Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Iron Chancellor, Blair, Tony Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, Bolivar, Simon Bolivar, El Libertador, Brandt, Willy Brandt, Brezhnev, Leonid Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, Brutus, Marcus Junius Brutus, Burke, Edmund Burke, Caesar, Julius Caesar, Gaius Julius Caesar, Cassius, Cassius Longinus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Chamberlain, Neville Chamberlain, Arthur Neville Chamberlain, Chateaubriand, Francois Rene Chateaubriand, Vicomte de Chateaubriand, Chesterfield, Fourth Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Chung-cheng, Churchill, Winston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill, Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tully, Cincinnatus, Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, Clemenceau, Georges Clemenceau, Georges Eugene Benjamin Clemenceau, Clive, Robert Clive, Baron Clive, Baron Clive of Plassey, Cosimo de Medici, Cosimo the Elder, Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell, Ironsides, Davis, Jefferson Davis, Dayan, Moshe Dayan, de Gaulle, General de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle, General Charles de Gaulle, Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle, Demosthenes, Deng Xiaoping, Teng Hsiao-ping, Teng Hsiaoping, de Valera, Eamon de Valera, Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli, First Earl of Beaconsfield, Flaminius, Gaius Flaminius, Fox, Charles James Fox, Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Indira Nehru Gandhi, Mrs. Gandhi, Gladstone, William Gladstone, William Ewart Gladstone, Gorbachev, Mikhail Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, Grey, Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey, Haldane, Richard Haldane, Richard Burdon Haldane, First Viscount Haldane of Cloan, Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton, Havel, Vaclav Havel, Hindenburg, Paul von Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, Ho Chi Minh, Nguyen Tat Thanh, Jinnah, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Kalinin, Mikhail Kalinin, Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin, Kaunda, Kenneth Kaunda, Kenneth David Kaunda, Kenyata, Jomo Kenyata, Kerensky, Aleksandr Feodorovich Kerensky, Khama, Sir Seretse Khama, Khrushchev, Nikita Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, Konoe, Fumimaro Konoe, Prince Fumimaro Konoe, Konoye, Fumimaro Konoye, Prince Fumimaro Konoye, Kruger, Oom Paul Kruger, Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, Lorenzo de'Medici, Lorenzo the Magnificent, Machiavelli, Niccolo Machiavelli, Major, John Major, John R. Major, John Roy Major, Mandela, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, Marshall, George Marshall, George Catlett Marshall, Meir, Golda Meir, Metternich, Klemens Metternich, Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von Metternich, Mitterrand, Francois Mitterrand, Francois Maurice Marie Mitterrand, Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, More, Thomas More, Sir Thomas More, Morris, Gouverneur Morris, Mubarak, Hosni Mubarak, Nansen, Fridtjof Nansen, Nasser, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, North, Frederick North, Second Earl of Guilford, Ortega, Daniel Ortega, Daniel Ortega Saavedra, Paderewski, Ignace Paderewski, Ignace Jan Paderewski, Pericles, Pitt, William Pitt, First Earl of Chatham, Pitt the Elder, Second Earl of Chatham, Pitt the Younger, Pompey, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Pompey the Great, Powell, Colin Powell, Colin luther Powell, Putin, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Richelieu, Duc de Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, Rockingham, Second Marquis of Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Sadat, Anwar Sadat, Anwar el-Sadat, Schmidt, Helmut Schmidt, Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt, Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Smith, Ian Smith, Ian Douglas Smith, Smuts, Jan Christian Smuts, Suharto, Sukarno, Achmad Sukarno, Sully, Duc de Sully, Maxmilien de Bethune, Sun Yat-sen, Sun Yixian, Talleyrand, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, Themistocles, Tito, Marshal Tito, Josip Broz, Vargas, Getulio Dornelles Vargas, Verwoerd, Hendrik Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, Waldheim, Kurt Waldheim, Walesa, Lech Walesa, Walpole, Robert Walpole, Sir Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford, Warwick, Earl of Warwick, Richard Neville, Kingmaker, Weizmann, Chaim Weizmann, Chaim Azriel Weizmann, Wellington, Duke of Wellington, First Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Iron Duke, Wykeham, William of Wykeham
History
From Ancient Greek Σόλων (Sólōn).
From Ancient Greek Σόλων (Sólōn), the name of an influential Athenian statesman.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
