noun
Meaning 1
A person who devises strategies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
strategist
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈstɹætəd͡ʒɪst/
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noun
Meaning 2
an expert in strategy (especially in warfare)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: strategian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: planner, contriver, deviser
Narrower terms: market strategist
History
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 *-íďďō 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.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: стратэ́г (stratéh) — one who devises strategies
- Bulgarian: страте́г (stratég) — one who devises strategies
- Catalan: estrateg — one who devises strategies
- Chinese Mandarin: 戰略家 /战略家 (zhànlüèjiā) — one who devises strategies
- Czech: stratég — one who devises strategies
- Dutch: strateeg — one who devises strategies
- Finnish: strategi — one who devises strategies
- French: stratège — one who devises strategies
- Georgian: სტრატეგი (sṭraṭegi) — one who devises strategies
- German: Stratege — one who devises strategies
- Indonesian: ahli strategi — one who devises strategies
- Italian: stratega — one who devises strategies
- Japanese: 戦略家 (senryakuka) — one who devises strategies
- Korean: 전략가 (jeollyakga) — one who devises strategies
- Malay: ahli strategi — one who devises strategies
- Polish: strateg — one who devises strategies
- Portuguese: estrategista — one who devises strategies
- Portuguese: estratega — one who devises strategies
- Portuguese: estratego — one who devises strategies
- Russian: страте́г (stratég) — one who devises strategies
- Spanish: estratega — one who devises strategies
- Swedish: strateg — one who devises strategies
- Ukrainian: страте́г (stratéh) — one who devises strategies
- Vietnamese: nhà chiến lược — one who devises strategies