Definition of Lawmaker

1. Noun. A maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws.

Exact synonyms: Lawgiver
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Generic synonyms: Leader
Specialized synonyms: Legislator, Promulgator
Specialized synonyms: Draco

Definition of Lawmaker

1. n. A legislator; a lawgiver.

Definition of Lawmaker

1. Noun. One who makes or enacts laws. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lawmaker

1. a legislator [n -S] - See also: legislator

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lawmaker

lawines
lawing
lawings
lawins
lawk
lawks
lawks a-mercy
lawl
lawland
lawlands
lawless
lawlessly
lawlessness
lawlessnesses
lawlike
lawmaker (current term)
lawmakers
lawmaking
lawmakings
lawman
lawmen
lawmonger
lawmongers
lawn
lawn-chair
lawn-mower
lawn-mowers
lawn bowling
lawn cart
lawn chair

Literary usage of Lawmaker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Visigothic Code: (Forum Judicum) by Visigoths, Samuel Parsons Scott (1910)
"How the lawmaker Should Act. III. What Should be Required of the lawmaker. IV. What the Conduct of the lawmaker Should Be in his Daily Life. ..."

2. Studies in Reading by James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin (1912)
"THE OLD PURITAN lawmaker NERAL Robert E. Lee, a general who was great enough to bear defeat ... THE OLD PURITAN lawmaker You must study to be frank with ..."

3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1912)
"... not include the oath that ом has not violated any law of the state or of a municipality. In order to hold that the lawmaker intended that such an oath ..."

4. History of Iowa from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth by Benjamin F. Gue (1903)
"This honored pioneer lawmaker, who helped to frame the first statutes and first Constitution, has long been the only survivor of the earliest legislators ..."

5. Loyal Citizenship by Thomas Harrison Reed (1922)
"CHAPTER FOURTEEN' THE CITIZEN AS lawmaker Voting directly on propositions. The citizen not only has to select representatives, but also, with increasing ..."

6. Studies in Reading: Seventh Grade by James William, d1873-1927 Searson, George Ellsworth Martin (1914)
"THE OLD PURITAN lawmaker You must study to be frank with the world. Frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do on every ..."

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