parliamentarian
A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another nameA member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.
» The parliamentarians couldn't reach an agreement.
Die Parlamentarier konnten sich nicht einigen.
Парламентарии не смогли достичь соглашения.
Meaning
3 senses(Commonwealth)A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.
Parlamentarier, Parlamentarierin
парламента́рийparlamentárij
парламента́рійparlamentárij
an elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons
A person well-versed in parliamentary procedure.
(US)An officer in most legislative bodies charged with being well-versed in the parliamentary rules of that legislative house, and whose rulings are taken as authoritative, to be appealed only to the whole of the house itself under special rules.
Examples
3 sentencesThe parliamentarians couldn't reach an agreement.
ruПарламентарии не смогли достичь соглашения. — Wezel
deDie Parlamentarier konnten sich nicht einigen. — raggione
A parliamentarian is a type of expert.
He is a great analyst and a great parliamentarian.
Translations
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Forms
plural: parliamentariansSynonyms
4 synonyms- an elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons:Member of Parliament