elder statesman
- n any influential person whose advice is highly respected
- n an elderly statesman whose advice is sought be government leaders
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- India hardliner Modi makes up with ex-mentor
Hardliner Narendra Modi, the main opposition BJP's frontman for next year's Indian elections, held fence-mending talks with the party's elder statesman L.K. Advani Tuesday after a fallout with his former mentor.
June 18, 2013 - Fox News - Matt Glantz: Poker's East Coast advocate
When you're in your 40s, you're generally not an elder statesman in your industry. But in a poker world dominated by a generation of Internet players in their 20s and early 30s, that's exactly what Matt Glantz is.
June 17, 2013 - Rolling Good Times - Jaromir Jagr time comes late
Have you noticed a pattern with Jaromir Jagr? About how early in games he — how do we put this gently? — doesn’t exactly play at a frenzied, lightning-fast pace. Given his status as an elder statesman of the game, he doesn’t always rush from Point A to Point B in a great hurry. But how late in games he suddenly becomes a hell of a player? At age 41, it seems, Jagr knows how to conserve energy ...
June 17, 2013 - Boston Herald