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parliamentarian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • /ˌpɐːləmənˈteːɹiən/ (Australia)
  • /ˌpɑɹləmənˈtɛɹiən/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˌpɑːləmənˈtɛːɹiən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌpɑːləmənˈtɛəɹiən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek παρα- (para-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō) Ancient Greek παραβάλλω (parabállō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ)bor. Latin parabola ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin parabolāre Old French parler (to speak) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French parlementbor. Middle English parlement English parliament Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English -arian English parliamentarian From parliament + -arian.

Meanings

  1. Of or relating to a parliament; favouring the establishment of a parliament.
    • 1946, Office of United States Chief Counsel For Prosecution of Axis Criminality, Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Washington, Volume 1, citing Wilhelm Frick, Our participation in the parliament does not indicate a support, but rather an undermining of the parliamentarian system.
    • a parliamentarian democracy; the parliamentarian movement
  2. (historical) Of or relating to the Parliamentarians (supporters of the parliament during the English Civil War (1642–1651)).
    • The Scotch and parliamentarian army had joined, and were beſieging York; when prince Rupert, joined by the marquis of Newcaſtle, determined to raiſe the ſiege. 1771, [Oliver] Goldsmith, “Charles I. (Continued.)”, in The History of England, from the Earliest Times to the Death of George II. […], volume III, London: […] T[homas] Davies, […]; [T.] Becket and [P. A.] De Hondt; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, page 271:
    • But while he continued there, he shew’d himself a Dunce, a Tale-bearer to the Parliamentarian Visitors that then acted in the University, and a factious person. 1692, Anthony Wood, Athenæ Oxonienses, volume 2, London: Thomas Bennet, page 291:
    • There were large regions which were very decidedly royalist, others almost as distinctly parliamentarian [...] 1895, Hereford Brooke George, chapter 9, in Battles of English History,, London: Methuen, page 128:
    • [...] Deputies were sent with Commissions into all the Counties; and the Parliamentarian Rebels by force and their own authority, invade the Militia, which they could not obtain from the King by petitioning. 1685, George Bate, Elenchus Motuum Nuperorum in Anglia, or, A Short Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Late Troubles in England, London, page 41:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Parliamentarian alternative lexicographic
more parliamentarian Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most parliamentarian Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

parliamentarianism · antiparliamentarian

Synonyms

parliamentary

parliamentarian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • /ˌpɐːləmənˈteːɹiən/ (Australia)
  • /ˌpɑɹləmənˈtɛɹiən/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˌpɑːləmənˈtɛːɹiən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌpɑːləmənˈtɛəɹiən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek παρα- (para-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō) Ancient Greek παραβάλλω (parabállō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ)bor. Latin parabola ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin parabolāre Old French parler (to speak) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French parlementbor. Middle English parlement English parliament Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English -arian English parliamentarian From parliament + -arian.

Meanings

  1. (Commonwealth) A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.
  2. A person well-versed in parliamentary procedure.
  3. (US) An officer in most legislative bodies charged with being well-versed in the parliamentary rules of that legislative house, and whose rulings are taken as authoritative, to be appealed only to the whole of the house itself under special rules.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
parliamentarians Number=Plur lexicographic
Parliamentarian alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

street parliamentarian

Synonyms

MP · congressman · deputy · member of parliament

Translations (47)

cy seneddwr (member of parliament) · cs parlamentářka (member of parliament) · sl parlamentarec (member of parliament) · it parlamentare (member of parliament) · pl parlamentarzystka (member of parliament) · de Parlamentarierin (member of parliament) · ar بَرْلَمَانِيَّة (member of parliament) · gl parlamentario (member of parliament) · oc parlamentari (member of parliament) · de Parlamentarier (member of parliament) · pl parlamentarzysta (member of parliament) · ro parlamentar (member of parliament) · uk парламента́рій (member of parliament) · cy seneddwraig (member of parliament) · nl parlementariër (member of parliament) · rsk парламентарец (member of parliament) · sv parlamentariker (member of parliament) · cmn 議會議員 /议会议员 (member of parliament) · be парламента́рый (member of parliament) · gv ard-whaiylagh (member of parliament) · fi kansanedustaja (member of parliament) · bg парламентари́ст (member of parliament) · ar بَرْلَمَانِيّ (member of parliament) · ko 국회의원 (member of parliament) · kmr parlamenter (member of parliament) · pt parlamentar (member of parliament) · eo parlamentano (member of parliament) · bg парламентари́стка (member of parliament) · cmn 國會議員 /国会议员 (member of parliament) · fr parlementaire (member of parliament) · rsk парламентарка (member of parliament) · be парлямэнта́рый (member of parliament) · es parlamentario (member of parliament) · ru парламента́рий (member of parliament) · ca parlamentària (member of parliament) · ga parlaiminteoir (member of parliament) · la parlamentarius (member of parliament) · sv parlamentsledamot (member of parliament) · ja 国会議員 (member of parliament) · es parlamentaria (member of parliament) · cs parlamentář (member of parliament) · fi parlamentaarikko (member of parliament) · vi nghị sĩ (member of parliament) · ca parlamentari (member of parliament) · sk parlamentárka (member of parliament) · sk parlamentár (member of parliament) · gl parlamentaria (member of parliament)