parliamentarian

[pahr-luh-men-tair-ee-uh n, -muh n- or, sometimes, pahrl-yuh-]

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noun

a person who is expert in the formal rules and procedures of deliberative assemblies and other formal organizations.

(sometimes initial capital letter) British. a member of Parliament.

(initial capital letter) a partisan of the British Parliament in opposition to Charles I.

Origin of parliamentarian

First recorded in 1605–15; parliament + -arian

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Related Words for parliamentarian

parliamentary, senatorial, congressional, administrator, deputy, lawmaker, member, representative, senator, leader, lawgiver, commander, liege, aristocrat, captain, prince, nobleman, superior, overlord, baron

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Contemporary Examples of parliamentarian

Organized by far-right Belgian parliamentarian Laurent Louis, the congress was ultimately banned by authorities.
First Anti-Semitic Attack Since World War II Rocks Brussels
Tracy McNicoll
May 25, 2014
She might be young for a parliamentarian at 31, but she is no naïve agitator.
Parliamentarian Lesya Orobets on the Myth of a Divided Ukraine
Will Cathcart
December 16, 2013
Ukraine Parliamentarian Lesya Orobets has not slept in days.
Parliamentarian Lesya Orobets on the Myth of a Divided Ukraine
Will Cathcart
December 16, 2013
Ilias Kasidiaris, a young party member and parliamentarian, was sitting alongside two female politicians on a political chat show.
The Folly of Banning Greece’s Neo-Nazi Party
James Kirchick
October 5, 2013
After 15 years under house arrest, Suu Kyi is now a parliamentarian and has political calculations to consider.
Burma’s Rohingya Muslims Targeted by Buddhist Mob Violence
Brendan Brady
June 27, 2013

Historical Examples of parliamentarian

But the English parliamentarian men-of-war were cruising in the Channel.
Political Women (Vol. 1 of 2)
Sutherland Menzies
A parliamentarian, like a seignior, must do credit to his fortune.
The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 1 (of 6)
Hippolyte A. Taine
Rupert and the Parliamentarian leaders knew that they were there to fight.
Yorkshire Battles
Edward Lamplough
The fullest Parliamentarian account is in the "Discourse," p. 29.
The Great Civil War in Lancashire (1642-1651)
Ernest Broxap
This was the Parliamentarian way of explaining away their defeat.
The Great Civil War in Lancashire (1642-1651)
Ernest Broxap

British Dictionary definitions for parliamentarian

parliamentarian

noun

an expert in parliamentary procedures, etc

(sometimes capital) British a Member of Parliament

adjective

of or relating to a parliament or parliaments

Parliamentarian

noun

a supporter of Parliament during the English Civil War

adjective

of or relating to Parliament or its supporters during the English Civil War

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Word Origin and History for parliamentarian

1640s as a designation of one of the sides in the English Civil War; meaning "one versed in parliamentary procedure" dates from 1834. See parliamentary + -ian.