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legislator

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leg·is·la·tor  (lj-sltr)
n.
One that creates or enacts laws, especially a member of a legislative body.

[French législateur, from Old French, from Latin lgis ltor : lgis, genitive of lx, law; see leg- in Indo-European roots + ltor, proposer, bearer (from ltus, past participle of ferre, to propose, bear; see tel- in Indo-European roots).]

legis·la·tori·al (-l-tôr-l, -tr-) adj.
legis·lator·ship n.

legislator [ˈlɛdʒɪsˌleɪtə]
n
1. (Business / Professions) a person concerned with the making or enactment of laws
2. (Business / Professions) a member of a legislature
[from Latin lēgis lātor, from lēx law + lātor from lātus, past participle of ferre to bring]
legislatorship  n
legislatress  fem n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.legislatorlegislator - someone who makes or enacts laws    
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
backbencher - a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
congressman, congresswoman, representative - a member of the United States House of Representatives
crossbencher - a member of the House of Commons who does not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition
deputy - a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)
filibuster, filibusterer - a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes
floor leader - the legislator who organizes his party's strategy
frontbencher - a member of the House of Commons who is a minister in the government or who holds an official position in an opposition party
lawgiver, lawmaker - a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws
majority leader - leader of the majority party in a legislature
minority leader - leader of the minority party in a legislature
Member of Parliament, Parliamentarian - an elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons
politician - a leader engaged in civil administration
senator - a member of a senate
party whip, whip - a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline

legislator
noun lawmaker, parliamentarian, lawgiver an attempt to get US legislators to change the system
Translations
legislator [ˈledʒɪsleɪtəʳ] Nlegislador(a) m/f
legislator [ˈlɛdʒɪsleɪtər] nlégislateur/trice m/f
legislator
nGesetzgeber m
legislator [ˈlɛdʒɪsˌleɪtəʳ] nlegislatore m
legislator [ˈlɛdʒɪsˌleɪtəʳ] nlegislatore m


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The legislator is a craftsman whose material is society and whose aim is the good life.
But though he had, as we have said, formed his morals on the Platonic model, yet he perfectly agreed with the opinion of Aristotle, in considering that great man rather in the quality of a philosopher or a speculatist, than as a legislator.
The poorest paid architect, engineer, general, author, sculptor, painter, lecturer, advocate, legislator, actor, preacher, singer is constructively in heaven when he is at work; and as for the musician with the fiddle-bow in his hand who sits in the midst of a great orchestra with the ebbing and flowing tides of divine sound washing over him -- why, certainly, he is at work, if you wish to call it that, but lord, it's a sarcasm just the same.
 
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