310:- It's a little bit dictionary-definitiony, but an encyclopedic noun that is apt to show up in the leads of WP biographies, particularly for pre-20th Century figures. As such, this "job description" really does need to show as a bluelink, not red, for the betterment of the encyclopedia. There is certainly much room for improvement, but even in its current state there is sufficient content that a non-native english speaker using en-WP should be helped out by the link's existence.
244:. I think this can be expanded to be more than a dictionary definition. Where is the list of politicians who have been commonly called as statesman for example? Anon on talk page seems to think this should be deleted because who is a statesman is ill-defined in English language. It is true this is not a distinct field or profession, but neither is
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