Strategist
nounA person skilled in planning long-term action to achieve a goal, especially in business, politics, or warfare.
How to spell strategist
10 letters · 3 syllables
How to pronounce strategist
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does strategist mean?
- nounA person skilled in planning long-term action to achieve a goal, especially in business, politics, or warfare.
Strategist in a sentence
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The campaign hired a seasoned strategist to map out its final month.
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As the company's chief strategist, she decided which markets to enter first.
Where does strategist come from?
Language of origin: Greek
This word traces back to the Greek stratEgos, which meant a 'general' or commander of an army. That noun was built from stratos, meaning 'army' or 'encamped host', and agein, meaning 'to lead', so a stratEgos was literally the one who leads the troops. The related Greek word stratEgia gave us 'strategy', the art of the general, and by the early nineteenth century English speakers had formed 'strategist' to name a person skilled in such planning. The sense soon broadened well beyond warfare to cover anyone who plots a clever course in business, politics, or sport. The tricky part for spelling is the unstressed middle: the 'a' in the second syllable and the soft 'g' before -ist both fade in speech, so writers must remember the buried 'a' and the single 't' before -egist.
How the word is built
- strateg- (from Greek stratEgos: army leader, general)
- -ist (one who does or practises)
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