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Answer for the clue "An American politician? ", 11 letters:
stateswoman

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Word definitions for stateswoman in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A woman who is a leader in national or international affairs. 2 A female political leader who promotes the public good or who is recognized for probity, leadership, or the qualities necessary to govern a state.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stateswoman \States"wom`an\ (-w[oo^]m`an), n.; pl. Stateswomen (-w[i^]m`[e^]n). A woman concerned in public affairs. A rare stateswoman; I admire her bearing. --B. Jonson.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a woman statesman

Usage examples of stateswoman.

Lady Constance, the elder stateswoman from Earth itself, was courteously received.

It could well be we have waved good-bye to a politician and got a stateswoman in return.

Her position in the High Commission required her to play the elder stateswoman to them all.

When the States around us shall be so far advanced, there will be a chance for new stateswomen to spring up, and fill Mrs.

While Piaget's formal model is adequate to describe the cognitive structures of adolescents and competent adults, it is not adequate to describe the towering intellect of Nobel laureates, great statesmen and stateswomen, poets, and so on.

We're rearing the greatest collection of statesmen and stateswomen since Disraeli and Golda!