lawgiver
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English lawe ȝivere, lawe-ȝivere, law ȝevar; equivalent to law + giver.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lawgiver (plural lawgivers)
- One who provides laws to a society.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Act of Parliament”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 189:
- "Lawgivers were never more mistaken," said Lady Mary, "than when they ordained that the conjugal tie should last through life for better and worse; the last injunction being strictly complied with. There should be septennial marriages, as well as septennial parliaments!"
- Any lawmaker.
Translations[edit]
one who provides laws to a society
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