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solon

(sō′lən, -län)

noun

a lawmaker or legislator, esp. a wise one

Origin: after Solon

640?-559? ; Athenian statesman & lawgiver: framed the democratic laws of Athens

See solon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A wise lawgiver.
A legislator.

Origin:

Origin: After Solon

.

Athenian lawgiver and poet. His reforms preserved a class system based on wealth but ended privilege by birth.

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