[lej-is-luh-tawr-ee-uh
l, -tohr-] 
| of or pertaining to a legislator, legislature, or legislation; legislative. |
| 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. |