parliamentarian

[ pahr-luh-men-tair-ee-uhn, -muhn-or, sometimes, pahrl-yuh- ]

noun

1. a person who is expert in the formal rules and procedures of deliberative assemblies and other formal organizations.
2. (sometimes initial capital letter) British. a member of Parliament.
3. (initial capital letter) a partisan of the British Parliament in opposition to Charles I.

Parliamentarian

¹

/ ˌpɑːləmɛnˈtɛərɪən /

noun

1. a supporter of Parliament during the English Civil War

adjective

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

parliamentarian

²

/ ˌpɑːləmɛnˈtɛərɪən /

noun

1. an expert in parliamentary procedures, etc
2. sometimes capital a Member of Parliament

adjective

1. of or relating to a parliament or parliaments

Word History and Origins

Origin of parliamentarian¹

First recorded in 1605–15; parliament + -arian

Example Sentences

One of the most straightforward possibilities — which progressives have pushed — is for Democrats to simply ignore the decision of the parliamentarian and include the $15 minimum wage in the bill anyway.

From Vox

Dove had served as parliamentarian from 1981 to 1987 and again from 1995 to 2001, but he began working for the parliamentarian’s office in the mid-1960s.

From Washington Post

We must be prepared to use every tool in our toolbox to get this done, whether it’s overruling the parliamentarian if necessary or finally ending the filibuster.

From Washington Post

What can be done via reconciliation is ultimately up to the parliamentarian and the senators, who could decide to overrule her, although that would be very controversial.

From FiveThirtyEight

MEP, Alexandra Geese, of Germany’s Greens, filed an initial complaint with the EDPS on behalf of other parliamentarians.

From TechCrunch

Organized by far-right Belgian parliamentarian Laurent Louis, the congress was ultimately banned by authorities.

From The Daily Beast

She might be young for a parliamentarian at 31, but she is no naïve agitator.

From The Daily Beast

Ukraine Parliamentarian Lesya Orobets has not slept in days.

From The Daily Beast

Ilias Kasidiaris, a young party member and parliamentarian, was sitting alongside two female politicians on a political chat show.

From The Daily Beast

After 15 years under house arrest, Suu Kyi is now a parliamentarian and has political calculations to consider.

From The Daily Beast

To reduce that town, the Parliamentarian forces marched through Peterborough about the middle of the month of April.

From Project Gutenberg

The effect of all this harshness naturally was to make the Birmingham folk even more Parliamentarian than before.

From Project Gutenberg

He was deprived of his wardenship and imprisoned by the Parliamentarian commissioners when they visited Oxford.

From Project Gutenberg

No Parliamentarian troops were ever marched out of the county until the issue at home was decided.

From Project Gutenberg

It was fortunate for the Parliamentarian cause in Lancashire that the largest town in the county was on its side.

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