lawmaker
pronunciation
How to pronounce lawmaker in British English:
UK [ˈlɔ:meɪkə(r)]
How to pronounce lawmaker in American English:
US [ˈlɔˌmekɚ]
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- Noun:
- a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws
Word Origin
- lawmaker (n.)
- also law-maker, late 15c., from law + maker.
Example
- 1. Back at home for the carnival holiday weekend , one lawmaker was thumped with a fake plastic club .
- 2. Asked whether he saw any contradiction in a senior lawmaker instigating such extreme violence , mr kamal appeared astonished .
- 3. As a lawmaker and , later , virginia 's attorney-general , mr mcdonnell did not forget his research paper .
- 4. Federal bailouts already extended and promised for gm and chrysler total more than $ 62 billion , fueling further lawmaker contempt .
- 5. He regularly blasts fred hill , a republican lawmaker from a dallas suburb , for opposing a cap on property-tax appraisals .