legislator
noun
- member of a legislature
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtə/ / /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtɚ/ / [ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪɾɚ]
noun
Etymology: From Latin lēgislātor.
- Someone who creates or enacts laws.
“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.”
- Someone who creates or enacts laws.