legislator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Someone who creates or enacts laws.
especially a member of a legislative body.
especially not any individual member of a legislative body but the abstracted author of a statute or statutes relevant for the principles of interpretation.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtə/ /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtɚ/ [ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪɾɚ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-legislator.wav /ˈled͡ʒɪˌslæɪtə/ [ˈled͡ʒɪˌslæɪɾə] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Jjamesryan-legislator.wav /ˈled͡ʒəˌslæɪtə/ [ˈled͡ʒəˌslæɪɾə]

Word forms

legislator legislators legislatour

Etymology

From Latin lēgislātor.

Synonyms

lawmaker

Derived words

colegislator legislatorship legislatress nonlegislator

Translations

Albanian: ligjvënës Arabic: مُشَرِّع Arabic: مُشَرِّعَة Arabic: شارِع Armenian: օրենսդիր Azerbaijani: qanunverən Azerbaijani: qanunverici Belarusian: заканада́ўца Belarusian: заканада́вец Bulgarian: законода́тел Bulgarian: законода́телка Catalan: legislador Catalan: legisladora Chinese Cantonese: 立法者 Chinese Mandarin: 立法者 Czech: zákonodárce Czech: zákonodárkyně Danish: lovgiver Danish: lovgiverinde Danish: lovgiverske Dutch: wetgever Dutch: wetgeefster Esperanto: parlamentano Esperanto: parlamentanino Estonian: seadusandja Finnish: lainsäätäjä French: législateur French: législatrice Georgian: კანონმდებელი German: Gesetzgeber German: Gesetzgeberin German: Gesetzesmacher German: Gesetzesmacherin Greek: νομοθέτης Greek: νομοθέτις Ancient Greek: νομοθέτης Hindi: विधायक Hindi: व्यवस्थापक Hungarian: törvényhozó Indonesian: legislator Irish: reachtóir Italian: legislatore Italian: legislatrice Japanese: 立法者 Kazakh: заң шығарушы Khmer: នីតិបុគ្គល Korean: 입법자 Korean: 립법자 Lao: ນິຕິບຸກຄົນ Latin: lēgislātor Latvian: likumdevējs Latvian: likumdevēja Lithuanian: leidėjas Macedonian: законодавец Māori: kaihanga ture Māori: kaiwhakature Māori: kaiwhakaarature Norman: législateu Norwegian Bokmål: lovgiver Norwegian Nynorsk: lovgivar Norwegian Nynorsk: lovgjevar Old English: ǣlǣdend Persian: قانونگذار

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