noun
legislator
LEJ-ih-slay-tur/ˈledʒɪsleɪtər/
A member of a legislature who makes laws.
The legislator presents a proposed bill in the legislative chamber.
Etymology
A legislator was literally a 'bearer of a law': someone who brought a proposed law forward. That image underlies the current sense of someone who makes or helps pass laws.
In context
their first legislator convinced them that they are all Brothers to one another after they abandoned the Greek gods having transgressed all at once and they worship that same crucified sophist and live according to his laws
More examples
- Several legislators support stronger protections for renters.
- She writes to her state legislator about school funding.
- The committee gives legislators time to question the witnesses.
Forms
legislator · legislators
legislate verb — To make or enact laws.
legislation noun — Laws made by a governing body.
Similar words
- lawmaker
- Means the same thing, especially in everyday language and news.
- senator
- Specifically a member of a senate, not any legislature.