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legislator

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtə/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtɚ/
  • Canada, General-American: [ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪɾɚ]
  • Wisconsin Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈled͡ʒɪˌslæɪtə/
  • Australian: [ˈled͡ʒɪˌslæɪɾə]
  • Brisbane Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈled͡ʒəˌslæɪtə/
  • Australian: [ˈled͡ʒəˌslæɪɾə]
  • CMU ARPABET: L EH1 JH AH0 S L EY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who creates or enacts laws.

especially a member of a legislative body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lawmaker

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lawmaker

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who makes or enacts laws

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lawgiver, lawmaker, politician

Narrower terms: backbencher, congressman, congresswoman, representative, crossbencher, deputy, filibuster, filibusterer, floor leader, frontbencher, majority leader, minority leader, Parliamentarian, Member of Parliament, senator, whip, party whip, Benton, Thomas Hart Benton, Old Bullion

History

Etymology

From Latin lēgislātor.

Across languages

Translations

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ligjvënës — who creates or enacts laws
  • Arabic: مُشَرِّع (mušarriʕ) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Arabic: مُشَرِّعَة (mušarriʕa) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Arabic: شارِع (šāriʕ) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Armenian: օրենսդիր (ōrensdir) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Azerbaijani: qanunverən — who creates or enacts laws
  • Azerbaijani: qanunverici — who creates or enacts laws
  • Belarusian: заканада́ўца (zakanadáwca) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Belarusian: заканада́вец (zakanadávjec) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Bulgarian: законода́тел (zakonodátel) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Bulgarian: законода́телка (zakonodátelka) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Catalan: legislador — who creates or enacts laws
  • Catalan: legisladora — who creates or enacts laws
  • Chinese Cantonese: 立法者 (lap6 faat3 ze2) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Chinese Mandarin: 立法者 (lìfǎzhě) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Czech: zákonodárce — who creates or enacts laws
  • Czech: zákonodárkyně — who creates or enacts laws
  • Danish: lovgiver — who creates or enacts laws
  • Danish: lovgiverinde — who creates or enacts laws
  • Danish: lovgiverske — who creates or enacts laws
  • Dutch: wetgever — who creates or enacts laws
  • Dutch: wetgeefster — who creates or enacts laws
  • Esperanto: parlamentano — who creates or enacts laws
  • Esperanto: parlamentanino — who creates or enacts laws
  • Estonian: seadusandja — who creates or enacts laws
  • Finnish: lainsäätäjä — who creates or enacts laws
  • French: législateur — who creates or enacts laws
  • French: législatrice — who creates or enacts laws
  • Georgian: კანონმდებელი (ḳanonmdebeli) — who creates or enacts laws
  • German: Gesetzgeber — who creates or enacts laws
  • German: Gesetzgeberin — who creates or enacts laws
  • German: Gesetzesmacher — who creates or enacts laws
  • German: Gesetzesmacherin — who creates or enacts laws
  • Greek: νομοθέτης (nomothétis) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Greek: νομοθέτις (nomothétis) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Ancient Greek: νομοθέτης (nomothétēs) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Hindi: विधायक (vidhāyak) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Hindi: व्यवस्थापक (vyavasthāpak) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Hungarian: törvényhozó — who creates or enacts laws
  • Indonesian: legislator — who creates or enacts laws
  • Irish: reachtóir — who creates or enacts laws
  • Italian: legislatore — who creates or enacts laws
  • Italian: legislatrice — who creates or enacts laws
  • Japanese: 立法者 (rippōsha) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Kazakh: заң шығарушы (zañ şyğaruşy) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Khmer: នីតិបុគ្គល (niiteʼ bokkŭəl) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Korean: 입법자 (ipbeopja) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Korean: 립법자 (ripbeopja) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Lao: ນິຕິບຸກຄົນ (ni ti buk khon) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Latin: lēgislātor — who creates or enacts laws
  • Latvian: likumdevējs — who creates or enacts laws
  • Latvian: likumdevēja — who creates or enacts laws
  • Lithuanian: leidėjas — who creates or enacts laws
  • Macedonian: законодавец (zakonodavec) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Māori: kaihanga ture — who creates or enacts laws
  • Māori: kaiwhakature — who creates or enacts laws
  • Māori: kaiwhakaarature — who creates or enacts laws
  • Norman: législateu — who creates or enacts laws
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lovgiver — who creates or enacts laws
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lovgivar — who creates or enacts laws
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lovgjevar — who creates or enacts laws
  • Old English: ǣlǣdend — who creates or enacts laws
  • Persian: قانونگذار (qânun-gozâr) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Plautdietsch: Jesazjäwa — who creates or enacts laws
  • Polish: ustawodawca — who creates or enacts laws
  • Polish: ustawodawczyni — who creates or enacts laws
  • Polish: prawodawca — who creates or enacts laws
  • Polish: prawodawczyni — who creates or enacts laws
  • Polish: legislator — who creates or enacts laws
  • Portuguese: legislador — who creates or enacts laws
  • Portuguese: legisladora — who creates or enacts laws
  • Romanian: legiuitor — who creates or enacts laws
  • Romanian: legiuitoare — who creates or enacts laws
  • Romanian: legislator — who creates or enacts laws
  • Romanian: legislatoare — who creates or enacts laws
  • Russian: законода́тель (zakonodátelʹ) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Russian: законода́тельница (zakonodátelʹnica) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Serbo-Croatian: законода́вац — who creates or enacts laws
  • Serbo-Croatian: законо̀да̄вка — who creates or enacts laws
  • Serbo-Croatian: zakonodávac — who creates or enacts laws
  • Serbo-Croatian: zakonòdāvka — who creates or enacts laws
  • Slovak: zákonodarca — who creates or enacts laws
  • Slovak: zákonodarkyňa — who creates or enacts laws
  • Slovene: zakonodajalec — who creates or enacts laws
  • Slovene: zakonodajalka — who creates or enacts laws
  • Spanish: legislador — who creates or enacts laws
  • Spanish: legisladora — who creates or enacts laws
  • Swedish: lagstiftare — who creates or enacts laws
  • Swedish: lagstifterska — who creates or enacts laws
  • Tagalog: mambabatas — who creates or enacts laws
  • Tagalog: lehislador — who creates or enacts laws
  • Tagalog: lehisladora — who creates or enacts laws
  • Tajik: қонунгузор (qonunguzor) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Thai: ผู้บัญญัติกฎหมาย (pûu-ban-yàt-gòt-mǎai) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Turkish: yasa koyucu — who creates or enacts laws
  • Ottoman Turkish: قانونجی (kanuncu) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Ukrainian: законода́вець (zakonodávecʹ) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Ukrainian: законода́виця (zakonodávycja) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Urdu: قانون ساز (qānūn sāz) — who creates or enacts laws
  • Uzbek: qonun chikaruvchi — who creates or enacts laws
  • Vietnamese: người làm luật — who creates or enacts laws
  • Vietnamese: người lập pháp — who creates or enacts laws
  • Welsh: deddfwr — who creates or enacts laws
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