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Webster 1913 Edition
Legislator
Leg′is-laˊtor
(lĕj′ĭs-lāˊtẽr)
, Noun.
[L.
legis lator
, prop., a proposer of a law; lex
, legis
, law + lator
a proposer, bearer, fr. latus
, used as p. p. of ferre
to bear: cf. F. législateur
. See Legal
, and Tolerate
.] A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; a member of a legislative body.
The
legislators
in ancient and heroical times. Bacon.
Many of the
legislators
themselves had taken an oath of abjuration of his Majesty’s person and family. E. Phillips.
Webster 1828 Edition
Legislator
LEGISLA'TOR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
legislator
legislator
English
Alternative forms
- legislatour (obsolete, rare)
Noun
legislator (plural legislators)
- Someone who creates or enacts laws, especially a member of a legislative body.
Synonyms
Translations
who creates or enacts laws
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
In Classical Latin, the word is usually written separately: lēgis lātor
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /leː.ɡisˈlaː.tor/
Noun
lēgislātor m (genitive lēgislātōris); third declension
- legislator
- c. 130-180 CE, Gaius, Institutiones, 3.76
- nec me praeterit non satis in ea re legislatorem voluntatem suam verbis expressisse
- It has not escaped my observation, however, that the legislator did not express his intention in this manner in a way which is sufficiently clear.
- nec me praeterit non satis in ea re legislatorem voluntatem suam verbis expressisse
- c. 130-180 CE, Gaius, Institutiones, 3.76
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lēgislātor | lēgislātōrēs |
| genitive | lēgislātōris | lēgislātōrum |
| dative | lēgislātōrī | lēgislātōribus |
| accusative | lēgislātōrem | lēgislātōrēs |
| ablative | lēgislātōre | lēgislātōribus |
| vocative | lēgislātor | lēgislātōrēs |
Descendants
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References
- legislator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “legislator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.