legislator
noun
leg·is·la·tor
ˈle-jə-ˌslā-tər 
-ˌslā-ˌtȯr
-ˌslā-ˌtȯr
also ˌle-jə-ˈslā-ˌtȯr
: one that makes laws especially for a political unit
especially
: a member of a legislative body
Examples of legislator in a Sentence
Write to your state legislator.
the legislators met in an all-night session to hammer out the details of the bill
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Polls show state legislator Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat, leading former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent, and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Cuomo has also argued that the state legislator's campaign platform, which includes free buses and universal childcare, can't be delivered.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
Over the past four decades, amateur lawmakers worked across party lines far less often than incumbent lawmakers, both when developing their own legislation and when lending support to other legislators’ proposals.
—Jeff Harden, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
The guest list consisted of other Republican legislators, including Paul, Jim Jordan, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Victoria Spartz and Warren Davidson.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Cuomo has also argued that the state legislator's campaign platform, which includes free buses and universal childcare, can't be delivered.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
Over the past four decades, amateur lawmakers worked across party lines far less often than incumbent lawmakers, both when developing their own legislation and when lending support to other legislators’ proposals.
—Jeff Harden, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
The guest list consisted of other Republican legislators, including Paul, Jim Jordan, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Victoria Spartz and Warren Davidson.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for legislator
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“Legislator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legislator. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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legislator
noun
leg·is·la·tor
ˈlej-ə-ˌslā-ˌtȯ(ə)r
-ˌslāt-ər
-ˌslāt-ər
: a person who makes laws
especially
: a member of a legislature
Legal Definition
legislator
noun
leg·is·la·tor
ˈle-jəs-ˌlā-tər, -ˌtȯr
: a person who makes laws especially for a political unit
especially
: a member of a legislative body
legislatorship
noun
Etymology
Latin legis lator, literally, proposer of a law, from legis (genitive of lex law) + lator proposer, from ferre (past participle latus) to carry, propose
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