Lawgiver

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  • noun. One who gives a code of laws to a people.
  • noun. A legislator.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who makes or enacts a law or a code of laws; a legislator.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who provides the laws to a society.
  • noun. Any lawmaker.
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  • noun. a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws
    • Word Usage
    "June 15th, 2009 at 4: 49 pm dp: I'm surprised that you don't recognize how the contigency on the existence of a universal lawgiver is completely invalidated when we recognize that the claimed, unquestionable universality simply isn't universal."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    leader  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Draco  legislator  promulgator  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    almoner  arbiter  arbitrator  benefactor  depositary  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    MP  Member of Congress  Member of Parliament  alderman  assemblyman  
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