legislator
noun
[ ˈlɛdʒɪsleɪtə ]
• a person who makes laws; a member of a legislative body.
• "statutes went unread by the legislators who passed them"
Similar:
lawmaker,
lawgiver,
parliamentarian,
politician,
representative,
minister,
statesman,
stateswoman,
Member of Parliament,
MP,
congressman,
congresswoman,
assemblyman,
assemblywoman,
assemblyperson,
senator,
Origin:
late 15th century: from Latin legis lator, literally ‘proposer of a law’, from lex ‘law’ and lator ‘proposer, mover’ (see also legislation).
