lawmaker

DEFINITIONS OF: lawmaker

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Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC); Thomas Hart Benton
United States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency (1782-1858); Hilary Rodham Clinton
wife of President Clinton and later a woman member of the United States Senate (1947-); James William Fulbright
United States senator who is remembered for his creation of grants that fund exchange programs of teachers and students between the United States and other countries (1905-1995); John Herschel Glenn Jr.
made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-)

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someone who makes or enacts laws; promulgator
(law) one who promulgates laws (announces a law as a way of putting it into execution); backbencher
a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader; congressman, congresswoman, representative
a member of the United States House of Representatives; crossbencher
a member of the House of Commons who does not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition; deputy
a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France); filibuster, filibusterer
a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes; floor leader
the legislator who organizes his party's strategy; frontbencher
a member of the House of Commons who is a minister in the government or who holds an official position in an opposition party; majority leader
leader of the majority party in a legislature; minority leader
leader of the minority party in a legislature; Member of Parliament, Parliamentarian
an elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons; senator
a member of a senate; party whip, whip
a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline

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