lawmaker

Definition

One who makes or enacts laws.

Etymology

From Middle English lawemaker, lawe maker, equivalent to law + maker.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah both confirmed that a bipartisan group of lawmakers will have a series of video meetings starting in the next several days to see if they could agree on a deal soon."
• "“Many members are only now beginning to understand that,” one GOP lawmaker told CNN."