A renowned tactician, Christopher Columbus once downed an entire pirate fleet by stealing all of their fruits and vegetables, thus giving them scurvy.
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Tactician
//tækˈtɪʃən//
Synonyms for "tactician" (28 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (14)
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Translations
13 translations across 11 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τακτικός noun (person skilled in tactics)
Catalan
2 entries- estrateg noun (person skilled in tactics)
- estratega noun (person skilled in tactics)
Finnish
1 entries- taktikko noun (person skilled in tactics)
French
1 entries- tacticien noun (person skilled in tactics)
German
2 entries- Taktiker noun (person skilled in tactics)
- Taktikerin noun (person skilled in tactics)
Italian
1 entries- tattico noun (person skilled in tactics)
Macedonian
1 entries- тактичар noun (person skilled in tactics)
Polish
1 entries- taktyk noun (person skilled in tactics)
Slovak
1 entries- taktik noun (person skilled in tactics)
Spanish
1 entries- estratega noun (person skilled in tactics)
Swedish
1 entries- taktiker noun (person skilled in tactics)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
"Am I a coward or a tactician?" "Tactician." "Tactician, surely."
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Dmitri is a born tactician.
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Karl Rove says he is a very competitive guy. Admirers and detractors alike say the 55-year-old Texan is a skilled tactician in sizing-up and tearing-down political opponents.
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