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A representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a house of a parliament.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Alternative letter-case form of Member of Parliament.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
Examples
- Similar to members of parliaments, members of Congress are civil servants.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Parliamentarian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: legislator
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
議員 /议员
(yìyuán)
— representative
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Czech:
poslanec
— representative
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Danish:
folketingsmedlem
— representative
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Danish:
parlamentsmedlem
— representative
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Dutch:
parlementslid
— representative
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Esperanto:
deputito
— representative
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Esperanto:
parlamentano
— representative
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Faroese:
tingmaður
— representative
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Finnish:
kansanedustaja
— representative
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French:
Député
— representative
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French:
membre du Parlement
— representative
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French:
parlementaire
— representative
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Galician:
deputado
— representative
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Georgian:
პარლამენტის წევრი
(ṗarlamenṭis c̣evri)
— representative
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Georgian:
დეპუტატი
(deṗuṭaṭi)
— representative
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Georgian:
წარმომადგენელი
(c̣armomadgeneli)
— representative
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German:
Abgeordneter
— representative
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Greek:
βουλευτής
(vouleftís)
— representative
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Hungarian:
országgyűlési képviselő
— representative
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Hungarian:
parlamenti képviselő
— representative
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Iban:
Kaban Parlimen
— representative
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Icelandic:
þingmaður
— representative
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Japanese:
国会議員
(kokkai giin)
— representative
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Korean:
국회의원
(gukhoe'uiwon)
— representative
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Macedonian:
пратеник
(pratenik)
— representative
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Malay:
ahli parlimen
— representative
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Māori:
Mema Pāremata
— representative
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Norman:
députaé
— representative
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Norwegian Bokmål:
stortingsrepresentant
— representative
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Norwegian Bokmål:
parlamentsmedlem
— representative
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
stortingsrepresentant
— representative
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
parlamentsmedlem
— representative
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Polish:
poseł
— representative
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Polish:
posłanka
— representative
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Polish:
deputowany
— representative
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Polish:
deputowana
— representative
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Polish:
parlamentarzysta
— representative
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Polish:
parlamentarzystka
— representative
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Portuguese:
deputado
— representative
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Romanian:
deputat
— representative
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Romanian:
deputată
— representative
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Romanian:
parlamentar
— representative
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Russian:
член парла́мента
(člen parlámenta)
— representative
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Russian:
депута́т парла́мента
(deputát parlámenta)
— representative
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Scottish Gaelic:
Ball Pàrlamaid
— representative
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Serbo-Croatian:
poslanik
— representative
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Spanish:
parlamentario
— representative
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Swahili:
mbunge
— representative
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Swedish:
parlamentsledamot
— representative
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Swedish:
riksdagsledamot
— representative
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Tamil:
நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்
(nāṭāḷumaṉṟa uṟuppiṉar)
— representative
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Thai:
สมาชิกรัฐสภา
(sà-maa-chík-rát-tà-sà-paa)
— representative
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Turkish:
milletvekili
— representative
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Turkish:
mebus
— representative
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Vietnamese:
nghị sĩ
— representative
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Welsh:
Aelod Seneddol
— representative
