Legislator Meaning
/ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtə/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounSomeone who creates or enacts laws.
nounSomeone who creates or enacts laws., especially a member of a legislative body.
Sentence Examples
The legislator talked at length with his constituents about beach erosion.
The Prime Minister postponed the legislator's punishment.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ from our district voted in favor of the new education bill.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The young ____ worked hard to represent the interests of her constituents and proposed several useful bills.
Word Origin & History
From Latin lēgislātor.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ from our district voted in favor of the new education bill.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The young ____ worked hard to represent the interests of her constituents and proposed several useful bills.