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Webster 1913 Edition
Parliamentarian
Parˊlia-men-ta′ri-an
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to Parliament.
Wood.
Parˊlia-men-ta′ri-an
,Noun.
1.
(Eng. Hist.)
One who adhered to the Parliament, in opposition to King Charles I.
Walpole.
2.
One versed in the rules and usages of Parliament or similar deliberative assemblies;
as, an accomplished
. parliamentarian
Webster 1828 Edition
Parliamentarian
PARLIAMENTA'RIAN
Definition 2024
Parliamentarian
Parliamentarian
See also: parliamentarian
English
Noun
Parliamentarian (plural Parliamentarians)
- A supporter of parliament during the English Civil War.
Synonyms
parliamentarian
parliamentarian
See also: Parliamentarian
English
Noun
parliamentarian (plural parliamentarians)
- A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.
- A person well-versed in parliamentary procedure.
- An officer in most legislative bodies charged with being well-versed in the parliamentary rules of that legislative house, and whose rulings are taken as authoritative, to be appealed only to the whole of the house itself under special rules.
Synonyms
- (member of parliament): congressman, MP
Related terms
Translations
member of parliament
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Adjective
parliamentarian (comparative more parliamentarian, superlative most parliamentarian)
- Of or relating to parliament.
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