1595-1605; < Latin phrase lēgis lātor a law's bringer (i.e., proposer), equivalent to lēgis (genitive of lēx law) + lātor bringer (lā(tus), suppletive past participle of ferre to bring + -tor-tor
Related forms
legislatorship, noun
Synonyms
1. lawmaker, lawgiver.
Examples from the web for legislator
Any legislator who tries to legislate reality ought to be automatically expelled from office.
The information had been sought by a former state legislator.
If you're a state legislator with a busted budget, you can raise tuition as a stealth tax increase.
He is the creator and legislator, but not the subject, of his work.
ND legislator wants to scrap law against unmarried couples living together.
Then it emerged that a legislator had commissioned research into the merits of breaking the link.
Moreover, it's pretty clear that you can be a substandard moral actor and nevertheless an effective legislator or negotiator.
Obviously an exaggeration, the ambition that drives one to become an elected official doesn't live off of a legislator's salary.
It will be risky for any legislator to vote for tax increases in an election year.
British Dictionary definitions for legislator
legislator
/ˈlɛdʒɪsˌleɪtə/
noun
1.
a person concerned with the making or enactment of laws
2.
a member of a legislature
Derived Forms
legislatorship, noun legislatress, noun:feminine
Word Origin
C17: from Latin lēgis lātor, from lēx law + lātor from lātus, past participle of ferre to bring
Word Origin and History for legislator
n.
c.1600, from Latin legis lator "proposer of a law," from legis, genitive of lex "law" + lator "proposer," agent noun of latus "borne, brought, carried" (see oblate (n.)), used as past tense of ferre "to carry" (see infer). Fem. form legislatrix is from 1670s.