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leg⋅is⋅la⋅tor

  [lej-is-ley-ter]
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–noun
1. a person who gives or makes laws.
2. a member of a legislative body.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L phrase lēgis lātor a law's bringer (i.e., proposer), equiv. to lēgis (gen. of lēx law) + lātor bringer (lā(tus), suppletive ptp. of ferre to bring + -tor -tor

Related forms:
leg⋅is⋅la⋅tor⋅ship, noun

Synonyms:
1. lawmaker, lawgiver.
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leg·is·la·tor   (lěj'ĭ-slā'tər)   
n.  One that creates or enacts laws, especially a member of a legislative body.

[French législateur, from Old French, from Latin lēgis lātor : lēgis, genitive of lēx, law; see leg- in Indo-European roots + lātor, proposer, bearer (from lātus, past participle of ferre, to propose, bear; see telə- in Indo-European roots).]
leg'is·la·to'ri·al (-lə-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-) adj., leg'is·la'tor·ship' n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

legislator 
1605, from L. legis lator "proposer of a law," from legis, gen. of lex "law" + lator "proposer," agent noun of latus "borne, brought, carried," used as past tense of ferre "to carry" (see infer). Legislative is from 1651; legislation is from 1655; legislature is 1676. Legislate is a back-formation first recorded 1805.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: leg·is·la·tor
Pronunciation: 'le-j&s-"lA-t&r, -"tor
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin legis lator, literally, proposer of a law, from legis (genitive of lex law) + lator proposer, from ferre (past participle latus) to carry, propose
: a person who makes laws esp. for a political unit; especially : a member of a legislative body —leg·is·la·to·ri·al /"le-j&s-l&-'tOr-E-&l/ adjective —leg·is·la·tor·ship noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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