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LAWGIVER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws

Synonyms:

lawgiver; lawmaker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("lawgiver" is a kind of...):

leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lawgiver"):

legislator (someone who makes or enacts laws)

promulgator ((law) one who promulgates laws (announces a law as a way of putting it into execution))

Instance hyponyms:

Draco (Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC))

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