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lawgivers

lawgivers is the plural of lawgiver.

Meaning of lawgiver

Noun

lawgiver (plural lawgivers)

  1. One who provides laws to a society.
    • "Lawgivers were never more mistaken," said Lady Mary, "than when they ordained that the conjugal tie should last through life for better and worse; the last injunction being strictly complied with. There should be septennial marriages, as well as septennial parliaments!"1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Act of Parliament”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 189
  2. Any lawmaker.

Questions about lawgivers

What is lawgivers the plural of?
Lawgivers is the plural of lawgiver.

Words near lawgivers in the dictionary

  1. lawfulness
  2. lawfulnesses
  3. lawfuls
  4. Lawgi
  5. lawgiver
  6. lawgivers
  7. lawgiving
  8. Lawhead
  9. Lawhon
  10. Lawhons
  11. Lawhorn

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