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rulemaker

rulemaker noun: a maker of rules: a person, deity, or other agent (usually a sentient one, in most contexts) who makes the rules.

Noun

rulemaker (plural rulemakers)

  1. A maker of rules: a person, deity, or other agent (usually a sentient one, in most contexts) who makes the rules.
    • But if he can say, "This is my decision and if you don't like my decision you can have it reviewed" (and if the Board does its job properly and he is doing his job properly he will be supported in most of his decisions), and the decision will have been reviewed and will have been supported, we...1958, U.S. Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, quoting Mr. Sayen, “Federal Aviation Agency Act, S.3880”, in Hearings, 85th Congress, Second Session, volume 4, U.S. Government...
    • A rulemaker must typically make and coordinate many empirical conclusions dependent on raw material outside the conventional evidentiary categories of "testimony" and "exhibits." For example, the rulemaker must often draw upon prior experience, expert advice, the developing technical literature...1979, Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Government Publishing Office, page 518

Examples of rulemaker in a sentence

  • This is a procedure adopted in many organizations including my own. / On this point, we think we will make him a stronger rulemaker, not a weaker rulemaker.1958, U.S. Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, quoting Mr. Sayen, “Federal Aviation Agency Act, S.3880”, in Hearings, 85th...
  • Even in the face of a blatant conflict, the inferior rulemaker's rules remain valid and binding in relation to governed clubs, individuals, and other members.2019, Johan Lindholm, “7: CAS's normative contribution”, in The Court of Arbitration for Sport and Its Jurisprudence: An Empirical Inquiry...

Forms of rulemaker

pluralrulemakers

Origin of rulemaker

From rule + maker.

Questions about rulemaker

What does rulemaker mean?
Rulemaker means a maker of rules: a person, deity, or other agent (usually a sentient one, in most contexts) who makes the rules.
How do you use rulemaker in a sentence?
This is a procedure adopted in many organizations including my own. / On this point, we think we will make him a stronger rulemaker, not a weaker rulemaker.
What part of speech is rulemaker?
Rulemaker is a noun.
What is the plural of rulemaker?
The plural of rulemaker is rulemakers.

Words near rulemaker in the dictionary

  1. rulees
  2. ruleful
  3. ruleless
  4. rulelessly
  5. rulelessness
  6. rulemaker
  7. rulemakers
  8. rulemaking
  9. rulemakings
  10. rulemonger
  11. rulemongers

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