Lawgiver
//ˈlɔˌɡɪv.ɚ// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws wordnet
- 3 Any lawmaker.
Example
More examples"And prayed, while silence filled the crowded hall: / "Great Jove, the host's lawgiver, bless this day / to these my Tyrians and the Trojans all. / Long may our children's sons this solemn feast recall.""
Etymology
From Middle English lawe ȝivere, lawe-ȝivere, law ȝevar; equivalent to law + giver.
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