Legislator

//ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtə// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who creates or enacts laws.; especially a member of a legislative body.

    "Give the children of the poor that portion of education which will enable them to know their own resources; which will cultivate in them an onward-looking hope, and give them rational amusement in their leisure hours: this, and this only, will work out that moral revolution, which is the legislator's noblest purpose."

  2. 2
    someone who makes or enacts laws wordnet
  3. 3
    Someone who creates or enacts laws.; especially not any individual member of a legislative body but the abstracted author of a statute or statutes relevant for the principles of interpretation.

Synonyms

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lawmakeraldermanarchonassemblymanbailieburghermaster

Example

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"The legislator talked at length with his constituents about beach erosion."

Etymology

From Latin lēgislātor.

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