Thesaurus results for LEGISLATOR

legislator

noun

ˈle-jə-ˌslā-tər

as in senator

a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws the legislators met in an all-night session to hammer out the details of the bill

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Recent Examples of legislator Liberal Democrats are celebrating primary election wins that put their coalition on track to add new voices to the General Assembly — including the state’s first nonbinary and transgender legislator. —

Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 27 May 2026 His colleagues in the Senate lauded Cornyn as a prolific fundraiser and legislator. —

Fin Daniel Gómez, CBS News, 27 May 2026 Whether there will be further regulations may depend partly on whether legislators have an appetite to clarify the rules. —

Teresa Liu, Daily News, 27 May 2026 Cornyn, Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, and five Indiana state legislators. —

Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for legislator

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Montana’s senior senator and one of its two members of Congress are not running for reelection this year, attracting crowded fields of both Republicans and Democrats seeking to replace them.

— Washington Post staff, Washington Post, 3 June 2026
The majority leader needs 50 senators to vote to proceed to the $70 billion immigration funding bill — and then stick together to fend off Democratic amendments.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 2 June 2026