Meaning

2 senses
  1. Someone who creates or enacts laws.

    Especially a member of a legislative body.

    Gesetzgeber, Gesetzgeberin, Gesetzesmacher

    законода́тельzakonodátelʹ, законода́тельницаzakonodátelʹnica

    законода́вецьzakonodávecʹ, законода́вицяzakonodávycja

  2. Especially not any individual member of a legislative body but the abstracted author of a statute or statutes relevant for the principles of interpretation.

More definitions
  • someone who makes or enacts laws

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Legislators in the Diet are struggling to find a solution to the problem.

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  2. The legislators wanted to ban that law.

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  3. The legislators of that state did away with outdated laws.

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  4. The legislator talked at length with his constituents about beach erosion.

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  5. Some legislators believe that important details of the contract, like collateral for the loans, are still missing.

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Translations

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Origin

From Latin lēgislātor.

From Latin lēgislātor.

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