LEGISLATOR

legislator

(noun) someone who makes or enacts laws

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

legislator (plural legislators)

Someone who creates or enacts laws, especially a member of a legislative body.

Synonyms

• lawmaker

Anagrams

• allegorist

Source: Wiktionary


Leg"is*la`tor, n. Etym: [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. législateur. See Legal, and Tolerate.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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