Dictionary

legislator en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• audio Brisbane
• /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈled͡ʒɪˌslæɪɾə] (Australia)
• /ˈled͡ʒɪˌslæɪtə/ (Australia)
• audio Wisconsin
• [ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪɾɚ] (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• [ˈled͡ʒəˌslæɪɾə] (Australia)
• /ˈled͡ʒəˌslæɪtə/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Latin lēgislātor.

Meanings

1. Someone who creates or enacts laws. ▸ 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's noblest purpose. 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Interview”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 249:
2. Someone who creates or enacts laws. ▸ especially not any individual member of a legislative body but the abstracted author of a statute or statutes relevant for the principles of interpretation.

Forms

Deriveds

colegislator · nonlegislator · legislatress · legislatorship

Synonyms

lawmaker · lawmaker

Translations (103)

fr législatrice (who creates or enacts laws) · sh законо̀да̄вка (who creates or enacts laws) · az qanunverici (who creates or enacts laws) · ar مُشَرِّع (who creates or enacts laws) · uz qonun chikaruvchi (who creates or enacts laws) · nl wetgeefster (who creates or enacts laws) · mi kaihanga ture (who creates or enacts laws) · lt leidėjas (who creates or enacts laws) · vi người làm luật (who creates or enacts laws) · ro legislator (who creates or enacts laws) · sh законода́вац (who creates or enacts laws) · lo ນິຕິບຸກຄົນ (who creates or enacts laws) · cs zákonodárkyně (who creates or enacts laws) · ar مُشَرِّعَة (who creates or enacts laws) · tl lehisladora (who creates or enacts laws) · es legisladora (who creates or enacts laws) · cs zákonodárce (who creates or enacts laws) · fi lainsäätäjä (who creates or enacts laws) · cmn 立法者 (who creates or enacts laws) · de Gesetzgeber (who creates or enacts laws) · vi người lập pháp (who creates or enacts laws) · ru законода́тельница (who creates or enacts laws) · nb lovgiver (who creates or enacts laws) · mi kaiwhakature (who creates or enacts laws) · eo parlamentano (who creates or enacts laws) · ro legiuitoare (who creates or enacts laws) · es legislador (who creates or enacts laws) · hi विधायक (who creates or enacts laws) · pt legislador (who creates or enacts laws) · tl mambabatas (who creates or enacts laws) · de Gesetzesmacherin (who creates or enacts laws) · hi व्यवस्थापक (who creates or enacts laws) · ota قانونجی (who creates or enacts laws) · ka კანონმდებელი (who creates or enacts laws) · id legislator (who creates or enacts laws) · ga reachtóir (who creates or enacts laws) · lv likumdevēja (who creates or enacts laws) · pl ustawodawczyni (who creates or enacts laws) · nn lovgjevar (who creates or enacts laws) · th ผู้บัญญัติกฎหมาย (who creates or enacts laws) · sk zákonodarca (who creates or enacts laws) · uk законода́вець (who creates or enacts laws) · sh zakonodávac (who creates or enacts laws) · eo parlamentanino (who creates or enacts laws) · el νομοθέτης (who creates or enacts laws) · pt legisladora (who creates or enacts laws) · nl wetgever (who creates or enacts laws) · it legislatore (who creates or enacts laws) · uk законода́виця (who creates or enacts laws) · sl zakonodajalec (who creates or enacts laws) · be заканада́вец (who creates or enacts laws) · bg законода́телка (who creates or enacts laws) · da lovgiver (who creates or enacts laws) · mi kaiwhakaarature (who creates or enacts laws) · cy deddfwr (who creates or enacts laws) · tl lehislador (who creates or enacts laws) · sk zákonodarkyňa (who creates or enacts laws) · ur قانون ساز (who creates or enacts laws) · el νομοθέτις (who creates or enacts laws) · de Gesetzgeberin (who creates or enacts laws) · ca legislador (who creates or enacts laws) · sq ligjvënës (who creates or enacts laws) · ro legiuitor (who creates or enacts laws) · et seadusandja (who creates or enacts laws) · sv lagstiftare (who creates or enacts laws) · sv lagstifterska (who creates or enacts laws) · nrf législateu (who creates or enacts laws) · sl zakonodajalka (who creates or enacts laws) · ja 立法者 (who creates or enacts laws) · fr législateur (who creates or enacts laws) · lv likumdevējs (who creates or enacts laws) · de Gesetzesmacher (who creates or enacts laws) · mk законодавец (who creates or enacts laws) · pl prawodawca (who creates or enacts laws) · hy օրենսդիր (who creates or enacts laws) · pl ustawodawca (who creates or enacts laws) · da lovgiverske (who creates or enacts laws) · fa قانونگذار (who creates or enacts laws) · ko 입법자 (who creates or enacts laws) · kk заң шығарушы (who creates or enacts laws) · da lovgiverinde (who creates or enacts laws) · pdt Jesazjäwa (who creates or enacts laws) · hu törvényhozó (who creates or enacts laws) · sh zakonòdāvka (who creates or enacts laws) · it legislatrice (who creates or enacts laws) · be заканада́ўца (who creates or enacts laws) · pl prawodawczyni (who creates or enacts laws) · ko 립법자 (who creates or enacts laws) · nn lovgivar (who creates or enacts laws) · az qanunverən (who creates or enacts laws) · tr yasa koyucu (who creates or enacts laws) · ro legislatoare (who creates or enacts laws) · yue 立法者 (who creates or enacts laws) · ru законода́тель (who creates or enacts laws) · pl legislator (who creates or enacts laws) · ang ǣlǣdend (who creates or enacts laws) · ca legisladora (who creates or enacts laws) · ar شارِع (who creates or enacts laws) · bg законода́тел (who creates or enacts laws) · tg қонунгузор (who creates or enacts laws) · grc νομοθέτης (who creates or enacts laws) · km នីតិបុគ្គល (who creates or enacts laws) · la lēgislātor (who creates or enacts laws)