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# legislator

noun (a legislator, legislators)

«legislator» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person who makes laws, especially a member of a parliament, congress or other law-making group. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislator/#m1)
2. (formal) Anyone with the power to make rules for a country or state. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislator/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in civics and history lessons, in news reports and in formal writing. In the USA it often means a member of Congress or of a state legislature; in the UK it means MPs and members of the House of Lords. It tells the reader the person helps decide the laws. Phrases: state legislator, local legislators, legislators voted.

### Examples

- Legislators voted to build a new hospital. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislator/#x1)
- A legislator is someone who helps make the laws. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislator/#x2)
- The children wrote letters to their state legislators about plastic bags. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislator/#x3)
- Legislators argued about the new school rules for hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislator/#x4)
- She became a legislator after working as a teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislator/#x5)
- Legislators must listen to the people who elected them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislator/#x6)
- The legislator visited our school to talk about democracy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislator/#x7)
- Many legislators supported the new road safety law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislator/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a legislator, legislators. Related words: legislate (verb), legislation (laws), legislature (the group of law-makers). Formal word; in everyday talk people say «politician», «MP» or «lawmaker».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «legislator» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislator/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«legislator» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/legislator.html) on Mova free.