legislatorship

Also found in: Thesaurus, Legal.

leg·is·la·tor

(lĕj′ĭ-slā′tər)

One who drafts or enacts laws, especially a member of a legislative body.

[French législateur, from Old French, from Latin lēgis lātor : lēgis, genitive of lēx, law; see leg- in Indo-European roots + lātor, proposer, bearer (from lātus, past participle of ferre, to propose, bear; see telə- in Indo-European roots).]

leg′is·la·to′ri·al (-lə-tôr′ē-əl) adj.

leg′is·la′tor·ship′ n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun

legislatorship - the office of legislator

berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

IANS New Delhi In a major relief to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Delhi High Court on Friday restored the legislatorship of 20 ruling party MLAs who were disqualified for holding offices-of-profit.

Delhi HC nullifies 20 AAP legislators' disqualification

New Delhi: In a major relief to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Delhi High Court on Friday restored the legislatorship of 20 ruling party MLAs who were disqualified for holding offices-of-profit.

In relief for AAP, High Court restores 20 disqualified MLAs

Summary: Panaji (Goa) [India], September 4 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday was administered the oath of legislatorship in a brief ceremony in the state assembly.