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legislator

noun

  1. member of a legislature
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Pronunciation: /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtə/ / /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtɚ/ / [ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪɾɚ]

noun

Etymology: From Latin lēgislātor.

  1. 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.

  2. Someone who creates or enacts laws.