One that creates or enacts laws, especially a member of a legislative body.
ETYMOLOGY:
French législateur, from Old French, from Latin lgis ltor : lgis, genitive of lx, law; see leg- in Appendix I + ltor, proposer, bearer (from ltus, past participle of ferre, to propose, bear; see tel- in Appendix I).
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