English Explanatory Dictionary

senator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada.
  2. A member of any legislative body or parliament, particularly the British Parliament.
  3. A member of the ancient Roman Senate.
  4. A member of a governing council in other states in the ancient world.
  5. A member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman.
  6. An important church official.
  7. In Germany, a minister of the executive branch of government in the city states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg; and a government official of cities that were part of the Hanseatic League.
noun
  1. The title for someone who is elected to be a senator.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛn.ə.tə/ /ˈsɛn.ə.tɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-senator.wav

Word forms

senator senators senatour

Etymology

From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”), equivalent to senate + -or.

Related words

senate senatress senatrix

Derived words

nonsenator senatoress senatorship

Translations

Arabic: سِنَاتُور Belarusian: сена́тар Belarusian: сэна́тар Bulgarian: сена́тор Chinese Mandarin: 元老 Danish: senator Dutch: senator Esperanto: senatano Finnish: senaattori Galician: senador Georgian: სენატორი Greek: συγκλητικός Hebrew: סֵנָטוֹר Hebrew: סנאטור Indonesian: senator Irish: seanadóir Old Irish: senatóir Latin: senātor Norwegian Bokmål: senator Norwegian Nynorsk: senator Parthian: 𐭎𐭀𐭍𐭕𐭅𐭓 Iranian Persian: سِناتور Middle Persian: 𐭮𐭠𐭭𐭲𐭥𐭥 Romanian: senator Russian: сена́тор Slovene: senator Swedish: senator Ukrainian: сена́тор
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