GAMESMAN Definition & Meaning

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gamesman

[ geymz-muhn ]

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noun

plural gamesmen.

a person who is skilled at manipulating events and circumstances to gain or maintain personal advantage, especially in business or politics.
a person who enjoys playing games game of skill.

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Origin of gamesman¹

First recorded in 1930–35; game ¹ + -s ³ + -man

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Communist-led China turned out to be the global economic system’s biggest beneficiary — and perhaps master gamesman — without embracing democratic values.

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Critics said “The Gamesman” was engrossing, if perhaps too sweeping in its generalizations.

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Dr. Maccoby was first widely known for coining another corporate label, “the gamesman.”

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Among presidents, he said, John F. Kennedy was a gamesman, Gerald Ford and Dwight D. Eisenhower were company men, and Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon were jungle fighters.

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Ever the gamesman, Mr. Lasorda didn’t want the A’s to know that.

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