strategist

noun

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

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Susan Glasser, staff writer for The New Yorker, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Nia-Malika Henderson, Republican strategist Sara Fagen, and Jeh Johnson, former Secretary of Homeland Security under President Obama. NBC news, 21 June 2026 Tusk is a venture capitalist, political strategist and philanthropist. Bradley Tusk, New York Daily News, 20 June 2026 Jay Woods, chief market strategist at Freedom Capital Markets, is assessing the debt risk based on each individual company, not the sector as a whole. Kate Rooney, CNBC, 20 June 2026 Pricing strategist Rafi Mohammed warns that after six years of steady price increases, customers have grown wary, and raising prices even further could drive shoppers away. Adi Ignatius, Harvard Business Review, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for strategist

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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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