Definition for LEG-IS-LA'TOR

LEG-IS-LA'TOR, n. [L.]

A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community. This word is limited in its use to a supreme lawgiver, the lawgiver of a sovereign state or kingdom, and is not applied to men that make the by-laws of a subordinate corporation.

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