senator
IPA: sˈɛnʌtɝ
noun
- 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.
- (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.
- (obsolete) An important church official.
- The title for someone who is elected to be a senator.
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Examples of "senator" in Sentences
- DOBBS: How does it feel to hear the term senator elect?
- Anyone that would vote for this dismal excuse of a senator is the same!
- Now I completely understand, the senator is the mouthpiece of the insurance industry.
- The five-term senator is up for re-election next year and is fighting for his political life.
- The watchdog group makes a special distinction for earmarks of which a senator is the sole sponsor.
- Dole is a one term senator, which is the next most structually vulnerable situation to an open seat.
- "Although the senator is aware of the question, a comment wouldn't be appropriate right now," he said.
- You can’t run an ad about a senator that says ’senator x voted for law x’ within so many months of the election.
- The Oklahoma senator is the top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee and said a cap-and-trade bill has no chance of passing the Senate.
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