Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

legislator

/ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: leg-is-la-tor
IPA: /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtɚ/

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who creates or enacts laws.

noun

Someone who creates or enacts laws.

Example Sentences

"Give the children of the poor that portion of education which will enable them to know their own resources; which will cultivate in them an onward-looking hope, and give them rational amusement in their leisure hours: this, and this only, will work out that moral revolution, which is the legislator's noblest purpose."

Etymology

From Latin lēgislātor.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtɚ/
British English: /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtə/

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law.

Inflected Forms

legislators (plural) legislatour (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

colegislator legislatorship legislatress nonlegislator

Synonyms

lawmaker

Questions

How do you pronounce legislator?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtɚ/.
What does legislator mean?: Someone who creates or enacts laws.
Where does legislator come from?: From Latin lēgislātor.

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