lawmaker
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Etymology edit
From Middle English lawemaker, lawe maker, equivalent to law + maker.
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lawmaker (plural lawmakers)
- One who makes or enacts laws.
- 2021 April 21, “French to favour rail over short-haul flights”, in RAIL, number 929, page 11:
- Lawmakers in France voted over the weekend of April 10/11 to introduce measures to restrict flights on routes where the same journey can be made by rail in under two and a half hours.
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legislator — see legislator