noun
Meaning 1
A person skilled in the planning and execution of tactics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tactician
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Sound
Pronunciation
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tăktĭ'shən
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/tækˈtɪʃən/
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rhymes with -ɪʃən
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noun
Meaning 2
a person who is skilled at planning tactics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: planner, contriver, deviser
History
Etymology
Either borrowed from French tacticien or derived as tactic + -ian.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: estrateg — person skilled in tactics
- Catalan: estratega — person skilled in tactics
- Chinese Mandarin: 戰術家 /战术家 — person skilled in tactics
- Chinese Mandarin: 戰略家 /战略家 (zhànlüèjiā) — person skilled in tactics
- Chinese Mandarin: 戰術高手 /战术高手 (zhànshù gāoshǒu) — person skilled in tactics
- Chinese Mandarin: 策略家 (cèlüèjiā) — person skilled in tactics
- Finnish: taktikko — person skilled in tactics
- French: tacticien — person skilled in tactics
- German: Taktiker — person skilled in tactics
- German: Taktikerin — person skilled in tactics
- Ancient Greek: τακτικός (taktikós) — person skilled in tactics
- Italian: tattico — person skilled in tactics
- Macedonian: тактичар (taktičar) — person skilled in tactics
- Polish: taktyk — person skilled in tactics
- Slovak: taktik — person skilled in tactics
- Spanish: estratega — person skilled in tactics
- Swedish: taktiker — person skilled in tactics