Legislator Definition

lĕjĭ-slātər
legislators
noun
A member of a legislative assembly; lawmaker.
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Noun

Singular:
legislator
Plural:
legislators

Origin of Legislator

  • French législateur from Old French from Latin lēgis lātor lēgis genitive of lēx law leg- in Indo-European roots lātor proposer, bearer (from lātus) (past participle of ferre to propose, bear telə- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin lēgislātor.

    From Wiktionary

Legislator Sentence Examples

  • As a legislator Henry was conservative.

  • As a legislator and organizer he occupies a high place among the Spanish kings.

  • No single legislator can really be considered responsible for all the institutions ascribed to Numa; they are essentially Italian, and older than Rome itself.

  • In the times to which the story of Peisistratus can be traced, the 1st century B.C., the substitution of the " tyrant " for the legislator was extremely natural.

  • In this idolization Peter naturally became the instigator of the crusade, just as Godfrey became the founder of the kingdom of Jerusalem and the legislator of the assizes.

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