释义
[ lej -is-ley-ter ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈlɛdʒ ɪsˌleɪ tər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a person who gives or makes laws.
a member of a legislative body.
Origin of legislator 1595–1605; <Latin phrase lēgis lātor a law's bringer (i.e., proposer), equivalent to lēgis (genitive of lēx law) + lātor bringer (lā (tus ), suppletive past participle of ferre to bring + -tor -tor
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OTHER WORDS FROM legislator leg·is·la·tor·ship, noun Words nearby legislator legislative, Legislative Assembly, legislative branch, legislative council, legislative veto, legislator , legislatorial, legislatrix, legislature, legist, legit
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Example sentences from the Web for legislator “Having been a legislator and a mayor, I particularly enjoy being a chief executive,” he said.
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Helena Wong, a legislator from the Democratic Party, joked on Facebook that the PLA had already “Occupied Central.”
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Why, for instance, did big companies spend so much money to defeat a Republican Georgia legislator last month?
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The former Punjabi legislator said Malala was a devout Muslim with no interest in promoting a secular democracy in Pakistan.
Has Malala Become a Puppet of the West? | Nico Hines| April 12, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Republican legislator Jim Neely, a physician, is the lead sponsor of the legislation in Missouri.
The ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Bill | Eleanor Clift| March 4, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The saloon-keeper develops into the legislator , and wears the broadcloth and high hat of the politician.
That Fortune | Charles Dudley Warner
The legislator cannot excuse a man because he was rather misguided than malignant.
The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. | Sir Leslie Stephen
I should like to know at what in your opinion the legislator should aim.'
There is a very ancient tree, an oak well known and good of fame, even at the first perambulation of our legislator king.
Cradock Nowell, Vol. 2 (of 3) | Richard Doddridge Blackmore
But now being alone we shall not offend your legislator by a friendly examination of his laws.
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British Dictionary definitions for legislator noun a person concerned with the making or enactment of laws
a member of a legislature
Derived forms of legislator legislatorship , noun legislatress , fem n Word Origin for legislator C17: from Latin lēgis lātor, from lēx law + lātor from lātus, past participle of ferre to bring
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Words related to legislator administrator, deputy, lawmaker, member, representative, senator, leader, parliamentarian, lawgiver