different between legislator vs congressman

English

Alternative forms

• legislatour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Latin l?gisl?tor.

Noun

legislator (plural legislators)

1. Someone who creates or enacts laws
   1. especially a member of a legislative body.

      Synonym: lawmaker

   2. especially not any individual member of a legislative body but the abstracted author of a statute or statutes relevant for the principles of interpretation.

      Synonym: lawmaker

Translations

Anagrams

• allegorist

Latin

Etymology

In Classical Latin, the word is usually written separately: l?gis l?tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /le?.?is?la?.tor/, [??e???s????ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /le.d??is?la.tor/, [l?d??iz?l??t??r]

Noun

l?gisl?tor m (genitive l?gisl?t?ris); third declension

1. legislator
   • c. 130-180 C.E., Gaius, Institutiones, 3.76

     nec me praeterit non satis in ea re legislatorem voluntatem suam verbis expressisse

     It has not escaped my observation, however, that the legislator did not express his intention in this manner in a way which is sufficiently clear.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• legislator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• legislator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Polish

Etymology

From Latin l?gisl?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?.??is?la.t?r/

Noun

legislator m pers

1. (dated, law) legislator

   Synonyms: prawodawca, ustawodawca

Declension

Further reading

• legislator in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• legislator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French législateur

Noun

legislator m (plural legislatori)

1. legislator

Declension

English

Etymology

congress +? -man

Pronunciation

Noun

congressman (plural congressmen, feminine congresswoman)

1. A male member of congress.
2. (US) A male member of the House of Representatives.

Usage notes

Although both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives make up the United States Congress, a member of the Senate is usually referred to only as "Senator", while a member of the House may be referred to as either "Representative" or "Congressman"/"Congresswoman".

Translations

See also

• congresswoman
• senator