Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who is versed in politics, or dabbles in state affairs.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One versed in politics, or one who dabbles in state affairs.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One versed in politics.
  • noun One who dabbles in state affairs.

Etymologies

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state +‎ -monger

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Examples

  • The statemonger always assumes that the public take his pledges (which he never boggles over breaking for some purely factious object) seriously.

    Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 1893

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