senator

Etymology

From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”).

noun

  1. 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.
    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. 2003, Olga Gardner Galvin, The Alphabet Challenge, Page 31
    I was a United States senator-elect at age thirty. 2007, Joe Biden, Promises to Keep, New York: Random House, published 2008, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 78
  2. (dated) A member of any legislative body or parliament, particularly the British Parliament.
  3. (historical) A member of the ancient Roman Senate.
  4. (historical) A member of a governing council in other states in the ancient world.
  5. A member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman.
  6. (obsolete) An important church official.

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