Other forms: politicians
A politician is a person whose career is in government and public promises. A career politician, trust the politicians, a local politician.
The word carries suspicion in English that statesman does not, and the difference between them is usually only whether the speaker approves. Surveys put politicians near the bottom of every trust ranking, below estate agents and above almost nobody.
1nounpoliticianA person whose career is in government.
“The politician promised to build more schools if she won the election.”
politician is a person.
From politic + -ian.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA