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legislator

leg·is·la·tor [ léjji slàytər ] (plural leg·is·la·tors)


noun 
Definition:
 
lawmaker: a writer of or voter on laws, especially as a member of a legislature

[15th century. < Latin legis lator "proposer of a law" < forms of lex "law" + latus, past participle of ferre "bring"]
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