as in legislator
a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws
political activists strenuously lobbied the state's lawgivers to expand the scope of the civil rights legislation
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Though a bill that trucking lobbyists will love, at some point legislators need to ask if what aids the trucking industry is good for drivers, and for that matter the trucking industry itself.
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The measure received bipartisan support from legislators and was approved with little discussion Thursday, unlike the housing bond and ‘rainy day fund’ debates.
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“Lawgiver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawgiver. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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