Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A member of a senate.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A member of a senate. (See senate, 1.) In Scotland the lords of session are called senators of the College of Justice.
- n. In old English law, a member of the king's council; a king's councilor.
Wiktionary
- n. A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate. The legislatures of the United States and Canada have senators.
- n. historical A position in government held in ancient Rome by experienced, elder officials as advisors or consultants for younger, less experienced functionaries.
- n. A member of the king's council.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A member of a senate.
- n. (O.Eng.Law) A member of the king's council; a king's councilor.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a member of a senate
Etymologies
- From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex ("old"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“You can’t run an ad about a senator that says ’senator x voted for law x’ within so many months of the election.”
“DOBBS: How does it feel to hear the term senator elect?”
“Dole is a one term senator, which is the next most structually vulnerable situation to an open seat.”
“The Oklahoma senator is the top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee and said a cap-and-trade bill has no chance of passing the Senate.”
“Anyone that would vote for this dismal excuse of a senator is the same!”
“Although the senator is aware of the question, a comment wouldn't be appropriate right now," he said.”
“The watchdog group makes a special distinction for earmarks of which a senator is the sole sponsor.”
The Washington Post: In history of Hawaiian leaders, Daniel Inouye stands alone
“Now I completely understand, the senator is the mouthpiece of the insurance industry.”
“The five-term senator is up for re-election next year and is fighting for his political life.”
“Coburn, a first-term senator, is up for re-election to his second term in 2010, while Brownback is retiring next year after pledging to only serve two full terms in the Senate.”
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Dearest creature in creation,
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Roman Magistracy
List of Roman government and military officials, offices, and bodies. No attempt is made to distinguish between different periods of the empire's history.
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The Great Fiction
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.--Frédéric Bastiat, Essays on Political Economy, 1872
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