Lawmaker

Common synonyms include: lawgiver, alderman, assemblyman, assemblywomen, chosen freeholder, city father.

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1
One who makes or enacts laws.
"Lawmakers in France voted over the weekend of April 10/11 to introduce measures to restrict flights on routes where the same journey can be made by rail in under two and a half hours."
2
a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws wordnet

"She is a famous Philadelphia lawmaker."

From Middle English lawemaker, lawe maker, equivalent to law + maker.