senator
Americannoun
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Often Senator a member of a senate.
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Senator, (in the United States) a title of respect accorded a person who is or has been a member of the Senate.
noun
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(often capital) a member of a Senate or senate
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any legislator or statesman
Other Word Forms
- senatorship noun
Etymology
Origin of senator
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English senatour, from Anglo-French, from Latin senātor, equivalent to sen(ātus) “council of elders” + -ātor noun suffix; senate, -ator
Example Sentences
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In a letter to the senator, Waymo said it operates two assistance facilities in the Philippines, plus assistance centers in Arizona and Michigan.
From MarketWatch
Party leaders did coalesce behind one of the Democrats running to replace Pelosi, Scott Wiener, a liberal state senator who is vying be the first openly gay person to represent San Francisco in Congress.
From Los Angeles Times
But the senator’s statement said nothing about the commission’s specific measures for getting there.
From Salon
The fact that 5200 is little known and never used “is another example of systems failure,” said former state senator and Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg.
From Los Angeles Times
When we got to these hearings, they had 25 million documents and the senator says, on page 42, your guys say, I think this is going down.
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