Lawgiver
['lɔːgɪvə] or ['lɔ,gɪvɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Legislator, law-maker.
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Examples
- The affected anxiety of the lawgiver, lest they should employ an improper person, is evidently as impertinent as it is oppressive. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He was our captain to lead us from our native soil to unknown lands, our lawgiver and our preserver. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- My old friend Rudolph could scarcely have chosen a more suitable name for a lawgiver. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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