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ship of state

ship of state

The nation, as in We can't help but wonder who will be steering our ship of state a hundred years from now . This metaphoric expression was first recorded in English in a translation of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince (1675).
See also: of, ship, state

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
DenverDEN-vərEnglish
NguyỆT-Vietnamese
SjakieSHAH-keeDutch
Dzhamal-Chechen
Eyal-Hebrew
Nikhila-Indian, Telugu, Hindi
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