parliamentarian
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7.3
- noun
- /ˌpɑːrlɪˈmɛnˌtɛəriən/
- UK
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parlamentario
- The parliamentarian passionately defended her constituents' interests during the debate.
- senior parliamentarians
- former parliamentarians
- European parliamentarians
He's been a parliamentarian in Hanover.
- He's been a parliamentarian in Hanover.
- Remember the great historian, writer and English parliamentarian Lord Acton who said power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Examples
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Remember the great historian, writer and English parliamentarian Lord Acton who said power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Indian parliamentarians, no longer paternalist trustees but nationalist enablers, echoed these criticisms.
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But countries, kids, boys raised when there were more female parliamentarians tend to spend more time with their children.
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The Democracy Party was closed down and its parliamentarians were sent to prison.
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Nevertheless, parliamentarians in both the House of Commons and the Senate quickly passed the implementing legislation after the election.
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With the closure of the Welfare Party, the pro-Islamic parliamentarians formed the Virtue Party.
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Andr Gerin, a French parliamentarian, has described the burqa as a "moving prison."
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Earlier female parliamentarians, even if they were conservative Muslims, often contributed to promoting women's issues.
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The handful of Polish EU Parliamentarians who voted in favor of the resolution have been branded as traitors.
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We parliamentarians have an obligation to accelerate the movement toward meaningful changes in policies in every nation on the face of this Earth to stop the destruction of the global ecological system.
Synonyms
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3.9
A person elected to serve in the United States House of Representatives
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3.2
A person who votes on laws in national or local government
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5.5
A person who makes laws as a member of a government group
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3.4
A member of the United States Congress who represents people in a district
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3.7
A person elected to represent an area in the UK Parliament, especially in the House of Commons
Surface Forms
Morphology
parliamentarian = parliament (transparent) = parliament + arian
Agentive formation from 'parliament' + '-arian' yields 'a person associated with parliament', which directly matches the sense 'member of a parliament'.
Etymology
Parliamentarian comes from parliament, a word that originally meant a place for parley or 'talking' together. So a parliamentarian is literally someone from that meeting who speaks and helps make the country's laws.