senator
English
Alternative forms
- senatour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛn.ə.tə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛn.ə.tɚ/
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: sen‧a‧tor
Noun
senator (plural senators)
- 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.
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- 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.
- 2007, Biden, Joe, Promises to Keep, New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, LCCN 2007019603, OCLC 1262796254, page 78:
- I was a United States senator-elect at age thirty.
- 2003, Olga Gardner Galvin, The Alphabet Challenge, Page 31
- (dated) A member of any legislative body or parliament, particularly the British Parliament.
- (historical) A member of the ancient Roman Senate.
- (historical) A member of a governing council in other states in the ancient world.
- A member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman.[1]
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
- Both we will raigne as Conſuls of the earth,
And mightie kings ſhall be our Senators.
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- (obsolete) An important church official.
Coordinate terms
- congressman, congresswoman
- MP
Related terms
- senate
- senatress
- senatrix
Translations
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References
- 1859, Alexander Mansfield, Law Dictionary
- senator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Further reading
Senate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Santore, anteros, asteron, atoners, nor'-east, nose art, noseart, one-star, orantes, ornates, roneats, rotanes, santero, seatron, tenoras, treason
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor
Noun
senator m (plural senatoren or senators, diminutive senatortje n)
- senator
Related terms
- senaat
- senatoriaal
Ladin
Noun
senator f (plural senatores)
- senator
Latin
Etymology
From senātus (“senate”) + -tor, originally from senex (“old”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /seˈnaː.tor/, [s̠ɛˈnäːt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈna.tor/, [seˈnäːt̪or]
Noun
senātor m (genitive senātōris); third declension
- senator, member of the Roman Senate
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | senātor | senātōrēs |
Genitive | senātōris | senātōrum |
Dative | senātōrī | senātōribus |
Accusative | senātōrem | senātōrēs |
Ablative | senātōre | senātōribus |
Vocative | senātor | senātōrēs |
Derived terms
- senāculum
- senātōrius
- senātrīx
Related terms
- senātus
- seneciō
- senectus
- seneō
- senex
Descendants
- English: senator
- French: sénateur
- → Romanian: senator
- → Turkish: senatör
- Galician: senador
- Irish: seanadóir
- Italian: senatore
- Middle Iranian: (As title of Roman politicians)
- Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭎𐭀𐭍𐭕𐭅𐭓 (sʾntwr /sāntūr/)
- Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭮𐭠𐭭𐭲𐭥𐭥 (sʾntwr /sāntōr/)
- Norman: sénateu
- Portuguese: senador
- Russian: сена́тор (senátor)
- Sicilian: sinaturi
- Spanish: senador
- Welsh: henadur
References
- “senator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “senator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- senator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
senator m (definite singular senatoren, indefinite plural senatorer, definite plural senatorene)
- (politics) a senator
Related terms
- senat
References
- “senator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
senator m (definite singular senatoren, indefinite plural senatorar, definite plural senatorane)
- (politics) a senator
Related terms
- senat
References
- “senator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin senātor.
Noun
senator m (oblique plural senators, nominative singular senators, nominative plural senator)
- senator (in Ancient Rome)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin senator.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛˈna.tɔr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -atɔr
- Syllabification: se‧na‧tor
Noun
senator m pers (feminine senatorka)
- senator (member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | senator | senatorzy/senatorowie |
genitive | senatora | senatorów |
dative | senatorowi | senatorom |
accusative | senatora | senatorów |
instrumental | senatorem | senatorami |
locative | senatorze | senatorach |
vocative | senatorze | senatorzy/senatorowie |
Derived terms
- senatorski
- senatorstwo
Related terms
- senacki
- senat
Further reading
- senator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- senator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French sénateur, Latin senātor.
Noun
senator m (plural senatori)
- senator
Declension
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) senator | senatorul | (niște) senatori | senatorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) senator | senatorului | (unor) senatori | senatorilor |
vocative | senatorule | senatorilor |
Related terms
- senat
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From sènāt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sěnaːtor/
- Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor
Noun
sènātor m (Cyrillic spelling сѐна̄тор)
- senator
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | senator | senatori |
genitive | senatora | senatora |
dative | senatoru | senatorima |
accusative | senatora | senatore |
vocative | senatore | senatori |
locative | senatoru | senatorima |
instrumental | senatorom | senatorima |
References
- “senator” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish
Noun
senator c
- a senator (member of a senate)
Declension
Declension of senator | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | senator | senatorn | senatorer | senatorerna |
Genitive | senators | senatorns | senatorers | senatorernas |
Anagrams
- noteras, sotaren