strategist

[ strat-i-jist ]

/ ˈstræt ɪ dʒɪst /

an expert in strategy, especially in warfare: Julius Caesar was a great military strategist.

Origin of strategist

First recorded in 1830–40; strateg(y) + -ist

But another GOP strategist said that Rubio is likely to look to remain in the Senate.

How A Jeb Bush Candidacy Would Hurt Chris Christie And Shake Up The 2016 GOP Field |David Freedlander |December 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“This puts some real pressure on Chris Christie,” said Matt Mackowiak, a GOP strategist.

How A Jeb Bush Candidacy Would Hurt Chris Christie And Shake Up The 2016 GOP Field |David Freedlander |December 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“If that is the case, we will have a serious problem,” said Hogan Gidley, a GOP strategist in South Carolina.

How A Jeb Bush Candidacy Would Hurt Chris Christie And Shake Up The 2016 GOP Field |David Freedlander |December 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Democratic strategist Van Jones said the number of women sexually assaulted on college campuses was “shocking.”

Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Dec. 7 |PunditFact.com |December 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

“Traditionally, the Republican Party supports traditional marriage,” said Alice Stewart, a GOP strategist allied with Huckabee.

Is Gay Marriage Going Away in 2016? |David Freedlander |December 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
His comrades years ago used also to call him The Strategist.

A Set of Six |Joseph Conrad
But she was too vigorous a woman to be much of a strategist, and she usually came to her point with directness.

A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays |Willa Cather
Knox was a strategist in a small way, as he had been obliged to be in defending himself from Indians and wild beasts.

In The Saddle |Oliver Optic
She just stared at me and said, And you consider yourself a strategist!

Roy Blakeley, Lost, Strayed or Stolen |Percy Keese Fitzhugh
"Being too great a—strategist to advance himself," said Derrick.

Rosa Mundi and Other Stories |Ethel M. Dell

strategist

/ (ˈstrætɪdʒɪst) /

a specialist or expert in strategy