legislator
NounUS[lej-uh-sley-ter]/ˈlɛdʒəˌsleɪtɚ/4 syllables
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Noun (1)
- someone who makes or enacts lawsType of lawgiver, politicianKinds senator, representative, deputy, floor leader, minority leader, parliamentarian, filibuster, whip, frontbencher, backbencher +2 moreExamples Benton, Thomas Hart Benton
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Leg′is·la′tor (lĕj′ĭs-lā′tẽr), noun
Origin: L. legis lator, prop., a proposer of a law; lex, legis, law + lator a proposer, bearer, fr. latus, used as p. p. of ferre to bear: cf. F. législateur. See Legal, and Tolerate.
A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; a member of a legislative body.
The legislators in ancient and heroical times.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
Many of the legislators themselves had taken an oath of abjuration of his Majesty's person and family.— Edward Phillips
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54