Legislator
[lej-is-ley-ter] /ˈlɛdʒ ɪsˌleɪ tər/
noun
1.
a person who gives or makes laws.
2.
a member of a body.
/ˈlɛdʒɪsˌleɪtə/
noun
1.
a person concerned with the making or enactment of laws
2.
a member of a legislature
n.
c.1600, from Latin legis lator “proposer of a law,” from legis, genitive of lex “law” + lator “proposer,” agent noun of latus “borne, brought, carried” (see oblate (n.)), used as past tense of ferre “to carry” (see infer). Fem. form legislatrix is from 1670s.
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