senators

Noun

senator (plural senators)

1. A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada.
   • It was disbanded when Derrick was only six, after that grouchy old ultra-Libertarian Senator Timothy de Illy made “welfare hotel for Third-World nations” a household catchphrase.2003, Olga Gardner Galvin, The Alphabet Challenge, Page 31
2. (dated) A member of any legislative body or parliament, particularly the British Parliament.
3. (historical) A member of the ancient Roman Senate.
4. (historical) A member of a governing council in other states in the ancient world.
5. A member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman.
   • Both we will raigne as Conſuls of the earth,
     And mightie kings ſhall be our Senators.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
6. (obsolete) An important church official.

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