senator

Definition

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.

Etymology

From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”), equivalent to senate + -or.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "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."

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