Meaning

1 senses
  1. One who makes or enacts laws.

    a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws

Examples

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  1. Eight lawmakers are sponsoring the bill, which was introduced in parliament Monday.

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  2. The lawmakers are arguing about the future reform of the pension system.

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  3. He told the lawmakers that the thought of war made him "recoil in horror".

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  4. Sami isn't a lawmaker.

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  5. Sami is not a lawmaker.

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Origin

From Middle English lawemaker, lawe maker, equivalent to law + maker.

From Middle English lawemaker, lawe maker, equivalent to law + maker.

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Forms

plural: lawmakers
Singularlawmaker
Plurallawmakers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws:lawgiver

Word family

2 related words

See also

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