Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who drafts or enacts laws, especially a member of a legislative body.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lawgiver; an individual who gives or makes laws; also, a member of a legislature or parliament, or other lawmaking body.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; a member of a legislative body.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who
creates orenacts laws , especially a member of alegislative body .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who makes or enacts laws
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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What matters to the legislator is the possibility of detaching the altar from the rear wall, not the celebration versus populum.
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Making a significant campaign contribution to a legislator is also conspiring to commit fraud.
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I spoke with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel today, and he said to me, look, don't expect the president to become what he called legislator in chief, but folks at the White House do point out that he's on the phone constantly with legislators.
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"We have reservations against Maliki, and we want to come to a compromise candidate to form a strong government of national partnership, not a weak one," said Ali Shabbar, a leading Shiite legislator from the Shiite Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq.
Shiite bloc backs Maliki for Iraqi prime minister; election deadlock nears end Leila Fadel 2010
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"We have reservations against Maliki, and we want to come to a compromise candidate to form a strong government of national partnership, not a weak one," said Ali Shabbar, a leading Shiite legislator from the Shiite Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq.
Shiite bloc backs Maliki for Iraqi prime minister; election deadlock nears end Leila Fadel 2010
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After reading his statement below, you'll be forgiven for thinking the first-term legislator is trying to have it both ways.
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Each individual Republican legislator is primarily interested in getting reelected and securing as much power and influence as possible.
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Congressional rules say that requiring employees to do so could "insulate a legislator from the personal and economic interests that his or her constituency, or society in general, has in governmental decisions and policy."
Congressional Staffers Gain From Trading in Stocks Brody Mullins 2010
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“Each individual Republican legislator is primarily interested in getting reelected and securing as much power and influence as possible.”
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“A responsible legislator is going to rely on summaries …”
Matthew Yglesias » Stan Collender: Critics of Stimulus Bill’s Length are “Ridiculous” 2009
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