n. The craft or skill of being a statesman, of leading a government well.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The qualifications, duties, or employments of a statesman.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The qualifications or employments of a statesman; political skill, in the higher sense.
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n. wisdom in the management of public affairs
Word Usage
"We know too little of such matters to dogmatize about them; after all the experience and wisdom of the past, what we call statesmanship is but a complicated, difficult, and uncertain experiment."