legislator
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legislator
- /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtə/ UK
- /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtɚ/ Canada, US
- [ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪɾɚ] Canada, US
- /ˈled͡ʒɪˌslæɪtə/ Australia
- [ˈled͡ʒɪˌslæɪɾə] Australia
- /ˈled͡ʒəˌslæɪtə/ Australia
- [ˈled͡ʒəˌslæɪɾə] Australia
Where it comes from
From Latin lēgislātor.
noun legislators · legislatour
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especially a member of a legislative body.
Give the children of the poor that portion of education which will enable them to know their own resources; which will cultivate in them an onward-looking hope, and give them rational amusement in their leisure hours: this, and this only, will work out that moral revolution, which is the legislator'
Similar: lawmaker
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especially not any individual member of a legislative body but the abstracted author of a statute or statutes relevant for the principles of interpretation.
Similar: lawmaker
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: legislature, lawmaking, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, parliamentarian, parliament, knesset, deputy, law, honourable, regulator, legislating, members, lawgiver, congressperson
Translations
Every language
noun who creates or enacts laws
| Español | legislador, legisladora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 입법자 ipbeopja |
| 日本語 | 立法者 rippōsha |
| 中文 | 立法者 lìfǎzhě |
| हिन्दी | विधायक vidhāyak, व्यवस्थापक vyavasthāpak |
| Português | legislador, legisladora |
| Français | législateur, législatrice |
| Deutsch | Gesetzgeber, Gesetzgeberin, Gesetzesmacher, Gesetzesmacherin |
| Italiano | legislatore, legislatrice |
| Ελληνικά | νομοθέτης nomothétis, νομοθέτις nomothétis |
| Română | legiuitor, legiuitoare, legislator, legislatoare |
| Русский | законода́тель zakonodátelʹ, законода́тельница zakonodátelʹnica |
| Tiếng Việt | người làm luật, người lập pháp |
| العربية | مُشَرِّع mušarriʕ, مُشَرِّعَة mušarriʕa, شارِع šāriʕ |
Talk about this word "legislator." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/legislator. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. legislator. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/legislator "legislator." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/legislator.Cite this
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title = {legislator},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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