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senator

See also: Senator and senátor

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From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”).

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senator (plural senators)

  1. A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada.
    • 2003, Olga Gardner Galvin, The Alphabet Challenge, Page 31
      It was disbanded when Derrick was only six, after that grouchy old ultra-Libertarian Senator Timothy de Illy made “welfare hotel for Third-World nations” a household catchphrase.
    • 2007, Joe Biden, Promises to Keep‎[1], New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 78:
      I was a United States senator-elect at age thirty.
  2. (dated) A member of any legislative body or parliament, particularly the British Parliament.
  3. (historical) A member of the ancient Roman Senate.
  4. (historical) A member of a governing council in other states in the ancient world.
  5. A member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman.[1]
  6. (obsolete) An important church official.

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  1. ^ Alexander M[ansfield] Burrill (1850–1851) “SENATOR”, in A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: […], volumes (please specify |part= or |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: John S. Voorhies, […], →OCLC.

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Etymology edit

From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”).

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  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor

Noun edit

senator m (plural senatoren or senators, diminutive senatortje n)

  1. (politics) senator

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  • → Indonesian: senator

Indonesian edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Dutch senator, from Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /se.ˈna.tɔr/
  • Rhymes: -tɔr
  • Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor

Noun edit

senator (plural senator-senator, first-person possessive senatorku, second-person possessive senatormu, third-person possessive senatornya)

  1. senator:
    1. (government) a member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada.
    2. (historical) a member of the ancient Roman Senate.
    3. (historical) a member of a governing council in other states in the ancient world.
    4. a member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman.

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senator f (plural senatores)

  1. (politics) senator

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Etymology edit

From senātus (“senate”) +‎ -tor, originally from senex (“old”).

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senātor m (genitive senātōris, feminine senātrīx); third declension

  1. (politics) senator (a member of the Roman Senate)

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative senātor senātōrēs
Genitive senātōris senātōrum
Dative senātōrī senātōribus
Accusative senātōrem senātōrēs
Ablative senātōre senātōribus
Vocative senātor senātōrēs

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  • “senator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “senator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • senator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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senator m (definite singular senatoren, indefinite plural senatorer, definite plural senatorene)

  1. (politics) senator

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senator m (definite singular senatoren, indefinite plural senatorar, definite plural senatorane)

  1. (politics) senator

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Etymology edit

From Latin senātor.

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senator oblique singular, m (oblique plural senators, nominative singular senators, nominative plural senator)

  1. senator (in Ancient Rome)

Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin senātor.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sɛˈna.tɔr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -atɔr
  • Syllabification: se‧na‧tor

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senator m pers (female equivalent senatorka, related adjective senatorski)

  1. (government, politics) senator (a member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate)
    Hypernym: parlamentarzysta
  2. (government, historical) senator (a member of an assembly of higher secular and clerical officials in the Kingdom of Poland or the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth)
  3. (government) senator (a member of a local parliament in each of the states of the United States of America)
  4. (Ancient Rome, government, historical) senator (a member of the Roman Senate)
  5. (government) senator (a member of a city council in some cities)
  6. (education) senator (a member of a college made up of the rector, vice-rectors, deans, and representatives of academic staff, students, and administrative staff, holding leadership positions at a university)
  7. (zoology) older and strong male in a group of baboons

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Declension of senator
singular plural
nominative senator senatorzy/senatorowie/senatory (deprecative)
genitive senatora senatorów
dative senatorowi senatorom
accusative senatora senatorów
instrumental senatorem senatorami
locative senatorze senatorach
vocative senatorze senatorzy/senatorowie/senatory (deprecative)

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Further reading edit

  • senator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • senator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • senator in PWN's encyclopedia

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Etymology edit

From French sénateur, Latin senātor.

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senator m (plural senatori, feminine equivalent senatoare or senatrice)

  1. (politics) senator

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Declension of senator
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) senator senatorul (niște) senatori senatorii
genitive/dative (unui) senator senatorului (unor) senatori senatorilor
vocative senatorule senatorilor

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Etymology edit

From sènāt.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sěnaːtor/
  • Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor

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sènātor m (Cyrillic spelling сѐна̄тор)

  1. (politics) senator

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Declension of senator
singular plural
nominative senator senatori
genitive senatora senatora
dative senatoru senatorima
accusative senatora senatore
vocative senatore senatori
locative senatoru senatorima
instrumental senatorom senatorima

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  • “senator” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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senator c

  1. (politics) senator (a member of a senate)

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Declension of senator 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative senator senatorn senatorer senatorerna
Genitive senators senatorns senatorers senatorernas

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