strategist

noun

strat·​e·​gist ˈstra-tə-jist How to pronounce strategist (audio)
: a person skilled in strategy

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Read more Senior Commerce Editor Erika Owen is a freelance writer, editor, and content strategist based in Brooklyn, New York. Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2025 Last November, Canfield and his crew, which includes Mike Buckley, the strategist and business lead, started Season 5 in the best way possible, winning the opening race of the Dubai event. Andrew Rice, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025 Democratic strategists are decidedly mixed on what the smart play here is. Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025 Robert Zubrin, likely the planet’s leading strategist for landing humans on Mars, and then remaking it in the Earth’s image, predicts SpaceX’s colossal Starship will be the first spacecraft ever to speed astronauts to the Red Planet. Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for strategist

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First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of strategist was in 1821

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strategist

noun
strat·​e·​gist ˈstrat-ə-jəst How to pronounce strategist (audio)
: one skilled in strategy

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