Senator

Quick meaning: Senator is a noun meaning A member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman.

Meaning

A member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman.

More Meanings

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.
2. In Germany, a minister of the executive branch of government in the city states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg; and a government official of cities that were part of the Hanseatic League.
3. (dated) A member of any legislative body or parliament, particularly the British Parliament.
4. (historical) A member of the ancient Roman Senate.
5. (historical) A member of a governing council in other states in the ancient world.
6. (obsolete) An important church official.

Example Sentences

I was a United States senator-elect at age thirty.

Both we will raigne as Conſuls of the earth, And mightie kings ſhall be our Senators.

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.

Word Forms

• senators
• senatour

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include senate, congressman, assemblyman, governor, republican, sir.

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