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senator

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.ə.tə/
  • General-American: /ˈsɛn.ə.tɚ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 N AH0 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A member of any legislative body or parliament, particularly the British Parliament.

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Usage: dated

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of the ancient Roman Senate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A member of a governing council in other states in the ancient world.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman.

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6

noun

Meaning 6

An important church official.

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Usage: obsolete

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7

noun

Meaning 7

In Germany, a minister of the executive branch of government in the city states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg; and a government official of cities that were part of the Hanseatic League.

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8

noun

Meaning 8

The title for someone who is elected to be a senator.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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9

noun

Meaning 9

a member of a senate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: legislator

Narrower terms: state senator, Clinton, Hilary Clinton, Hilary Rodham Clinton, Fulbright, William Fulbright, James William Fulbright, Glenn, John Glenn, John Herschel Glenn Jr.

History

Etymology

From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”), equivalent to senate + -or.

Across languages

Translations

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: senator — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Albanian: senator — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Arabic: سِنَاتُور (sinātūr) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Arabic: سِنَاتُورَة (sinātūra) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Armenian: սենատոր (senator) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Azerbaijani: senator — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Basque: senatari — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Belarusian: сена́тар (sjenátar) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Belarusian: сена́тарка (sjenátarka) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Belarusian: сэна́тар (senátar) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Belarusian: сэна́тарка (senátarka) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Bengali: সিনেটার (śineṭar) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Bulgarian: сена́тор (senátor) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Bulgarian: сена́торка (senátorka) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Catalan: senador — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Catalan: senadora — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 參議員 /参议员 (cānyìyuán) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Czech: senátor — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Czech: senátorka — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Danish: senator — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Dutch: senator — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Esperanto: senatano — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Esperanto: senatanino — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Estonian: senaator — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Finnish: senaattori — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • French: sénateur — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • French: sénatrice — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Galician: senador — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Galician: senadora — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Georgian: სენატორი (senaṭori) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • German: Senator — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • German: Senatorin — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Greek: γερουσιαστής (gerousiastís) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Greek: γερουσιάστρια (gerousiástria) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Hawaiian: kenekoa — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Hebrew: סֵנָטוֹר — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Hebrew: סנאטור (senátor) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Hebrew: סנאטורית (senatorit) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Hindi: सीनेटर (sīneṭar) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Hungarian: szenátor — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Hunsrik: Sënatoer — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Icelandic: öldungaráðsmaður — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Igbo: asogwa — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Igbo: senētọ̄ — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Indonesian: senator — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Irish: seanadóir — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Italian: senatore — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Italian: senatrice — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Japanese: 上院議員 (jōin giin) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Kazakh: сенатор (senator) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Korean: 상원의원 (sang'wonuiwon) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Northern Kurdish: senator — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Kyrgyz: сенатор (senator) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Latin: senātor — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Latin: senātrīx — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Latvian: senators — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Lithuanian: senatorius — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Macedonian: сена́тор (senátor) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Macedonian: сена́торка (senátorka) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Malay: senator — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Mongolian: сенатор (senator) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Mongolian: сенатч (senatč) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Norman: sénateu — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Norwegian Bokmål: senator — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: senator — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Iranian Persian: سِناتور (senâtur) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Polish: senator — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Polish: senatorka — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Portuguese: senador — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Portuguese: senadora — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Romanian: senator — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Romanian: senatoare — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Russian: сена́тор (senátor) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Russian: сена́торша (senátorša) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Serbo-Croatian: сѐна̄тор — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Serbo-Croatian: sènātor — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Slovak: senátor — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Slovak: senátorka — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Slovene: senator — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Slovene: senatorka — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Sotho: mosenate — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Spanish: senador — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Spanish: senadora — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Swahili: seneta — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Swedish: senator — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Tagalog: senador — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Tajik: сенатор (senator) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Thai: สมาชิกวุฒิสภา (sà-maa-chík-wút-tí-sà-paa) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Thai: วุฒิสมาชิก (wút-tí-sà-maa-chík) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Thai: ส.ว. (sɔ̌ɔ.wɔɔ.) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Turkish: senatör — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Turkmen: senator — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Ukrainian: сена́тор (senátor) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Ukrainian: сена́торка (senátorka) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Urdu: سِینیٹَر (sīneṭar) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Uzbek: senator — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Vietnamese: nghị sĩ — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Vietnamese: thượng nghị sĩ — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Welsh: seneddwr — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Yiddish: סענאַטאָר (senator) — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Yoruba: aṣòfin-àgbà — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Yoruba: sẹ́nétọ̀ — member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate
  • Arabic: سِنَاتُور (sinātūr) — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Belarusian: сена́тар (sjenátar) — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Belarusian: сэна́тар (senátar) — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Bulgarian: сена́тор (senátor) — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Chinese Mandarin: 元老 (yuánlǎo) — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Danish: senator — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Dutch: senator — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Esperanto: senatano — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Finnish: senaattori — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Galician: senador — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Georgian: სენატორი (senaṭori) — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Greek: συγκλητικός (sygklitikós) — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Hebrew: סֵנָטוֹר — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Hebrew: סנאטור (senátor) — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Indonesian: senator — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Irish: seanadóir — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Old Irish: senatóir — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Latin: senātor — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Norwegian Bokmål: senator — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: senator — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Parthian: 𐭎𐭀𐭍𐭕𐭅𐭓 — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Iranian Persian: سِناتور (senâtur) — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Middle Persian: 𐭮𐭠𐭭𐭲𐭥𐭥 (sāntōr) — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Romanian: senator — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Russian: сена́тор (senátor) — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Slovene: senator — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Swedish: senator — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
  • Ukrainian: сена́тор (senátor) — historic: position in government of ancient Rome
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