lawgiver
Americannoun
noun
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the giver of a code of laws
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Also called: lawmaker. a maker of laws
Other Word Forms
- lawgiving noun
Etymology
Origin of lawgiver
1350–1400; Middle English lawe givere. See law 1, giver ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“If you want to respect the rule of law, you’ve got to start from the original lawgiver, which was Moses,” Landry said at the bill signing ceremony in June.
From Salon
Trump, the lawgiver, the dispenser of rights, has made abundantly clear that, under a second Trump regime, we will have to fight to keep the civil liberties we regard as sacred.
From Salon
The God he describes in his work is neither a stern lawgiver nor a merciful redeemer but a close presence to whom we can always turn for intimacy.
From The New Yorker
Here is another problem: One of the roles of a president or other leader is to function as a lawgiver figure, a type of parental figure for a society.
From Salon
“In all the governments which were considered as beacons to republican patriots and lawgivers,” he said, “the rights of persons were subjected to those of property. The poor were sacrificed to the rich.”
From Salon
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