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Lawgiver

//ˈlɔˌɡɪv.ɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who provides laws to a society.

    ""Lawgivers were never more mistaken," said Lady Mary, "than when they ordained that the conjugal tie should last through life for better and worse; the last injunction being strictly complied with. There should be septennial marriages, as well as septennial parliaments!""

  2. 2
    a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws wordnet
  3. 3
    Any lawmaker.

Etymology

From Middle English lawe ȝivere, lawe-ȝivere, law ȝevar; equivalent to law + giver.

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