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LAWMAKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lawmaker mean?
• LAWMAKER (noun)
The noun LAWMAKER has 1 sense:
1. a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws
Familiarity information: LAWMAKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
lawgiver; lawmaker
Hypernyms ("lawmaker" is a kind of...):
leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lawmaker"):
legislator (someone who makes or enacts laws)
promulgator ((law) one who promulgates laws (announces a law as a way of putting it into execution))
Instance hyponyms:
Draco (Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC))
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