legislator
180
5.5
- noun
- /ˈlɛdʒɪsleɪtər/
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legislador
- Any possible change in the relevant law is a matter for the state legislators and not the courts.
- Legislators enact laws
- state legislators
- Legislators on committees
And obviously we have to push legislators to help us do that as well.
- And obviously we have to push legislators to help us do that as well.
- They often hire former bureaucrats, former legislators, former Lieutenant governors to make their case.
- So again, this gets solved by the power of the purse and demanding that our elected legislators spend less money.
- Also, if you want more choices like parents have in other areas, stand up, have your voices heard, speak out, contact your legislators and demand greater options.
- You'll have the phone number you click, you'll be able to reach that congressperson's office or state legislator's office.
- These these legislators rejecting Republican amendments to to limit these menstrual products just to female bathrooms.
- The revolving door is so deep where a majority of legislators will go work for a lobbyist after their term in office.
- Can the regulators, the legislators actually make that happen?
- And then the legislators are like, yeah, that sounds about right.
Examples
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A proposal to encourage small businesses to provide their employees with health insurance is now being debated by Washington legislators.
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In other news, state legislators gathered today to discuss changes to passage lanes on the Mass Turnpike.
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We legislators need to do whatever they can right now.
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And then the legislators are like, yeah, that sounds about right.
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And obviously we have to push legislators to help us do that as well.
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We think about what the legislators intended and we try to put ourselves in their shoes and think about how this should work, right.
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He remains, without any competition, the greatest legislator of all time.
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Outside the established committee system, individual legislators or groups of legislators also engage in oversight activities.
Academic text (1990) -
The new funding policy is supported by many state legislators who believe it will benefit education.
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After several debates, the legislators voted to pass the new health care reform bill.
Synonyms
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3.5
A person who speaks or acts for other people in an official way
244
3.2
A person who votes on laws in national or local government
How Powerful
678
6.4
- US
91
5.0
- UK
180
5.5
- Jargon
2
7.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word legislator comes from Latin parts that mean 'law' (legis-) and 'one who makes or brings' (-lator), the same root you see in legislate and legal. So a legislator is someone who makes the laws.