Meaning of LEGISLATOR
| Pronunciation: | | 'lejis`leytur
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| | Definition: | | [n] someone who makes or enacts laws |
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| | See Also: | | backbencher, Benton, congressman, congresswoman, crossbencher, deputy, filibuster, filibusterer, floor leader, frontbencher, lawgiver, lawmaker, majority leader, Member of Parliament, minority leader, Old Bullion, Parliamentarian, party whip, politician, representative, senator, Thomas Hart Benton, whip | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Leg"is*la`tor\ (l[e^]j"[i^]s*l[=a]`t[~e]r), n. [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. l['e]gislateur. 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. --Bacon.
Many of the legislators themselves had taken an oath of
abjuration of his Majesty's person and family. --E.
Phillips.
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| | Related Terms: | | alderman, archon, assemblyman, bailie, burghermaster, burgomaster, cabinet member, cabinet minister, chancellor, chosen freeholder, city councilman, city father, city manager, commissar, commissioner, congressman, congresswoman, councillor, councilman, councilwoman, county commissioner, county supervisor, elder, floor leader, headman, induna, lawgiver, lawmaker, lord mayor, magistrate, maire, majority leader, mayor, Member of Congress, Member of Parliament, minister, minister of state, minority leader, MP, party whip, portreeve, reeve, representative, secretary, secretary of state, selectman, senator, solon, state senator, supervisor, syndic, undersecretary, warden, whip |
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