as in dean
the senior member of a group
the elder statesman of the White House correspondents is finally retiring after nearly a half century of service
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Alongside the younger performers, Jacobson includes cameos from elder statesmen like the writer Richard Price, whose 2008 novel Lush Life was an ode to the Lower East Side, and Oscar-winning screenwriter Eric Roth (Forrest Gump, Dune), who spends the whole movie on a bed watching reruns of Kung Fu.
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Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
First off, Conan has become somewhat of an elder statesman in comedy and television.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Here are the highlights: Steve Martin monologue Another way this special cribbed from the 40th-anniversary playbook is by bringing back SNL elder statesman Steve Martin for the monologue.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2025
Last season, with elder statesmen like Jacob deGrom, Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander no longer in the clubhouse, Lindor and Brandon Nimmo took the reins as veteran leaders.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
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Seidel and the university’s board of trustees, which met just before Wright was terminated as dean, have denied that his demotion was in retaliation for his refusing to transfer the funds.—
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But it was trashed by H. L. Mencken, editor of the Baltimore Sun and dean of America‘s literary critics.—
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Besides reuniting with them, Wilmore, a church elder, is looking forward to getting back to face-to-face ministering and Williams can't wait to walk her two Labrador retrievers.—
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Besides reuniting with them, Wilmore, a church elder, is looking forward to getting back to face-to-face ministering, and Williams can’t wait to walk her two Labrador retrievers.—
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Air Force veteran Mark Mendon of Blue Springs, Missouri, showed up to lend his support to the Satanic Grotto’s cause.—
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Citadel stars Game of Thrones veteran Richard Madden and Quantico’s Priyanka Chopra as elite spy agents who had their memories wiped years ago after encountering a shadowy syndicate known as Manticore.—
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“Elder statesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elder%20statesman. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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