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ˈlaw-ˌmaker
[f. law n.1 + maker.]
One who makes laws; a lawgiver, legislator.
c1380Antecrist in Todd 3 Treat. Wyclif 115 David seiþ Lord sett þou a lawe maker upon hem. a1540Barnes Wks. (1573) 207 As though I had condempned the lawemaker, lawe, and execution thereof. 1587Golding De Mornay xxv. 381 The Scepter shall not be taken from Iuda, nor the Lawmaker from betweene her feete vntill Silo come. 1623Massinger Bondman iv. ii, Wise lawmakers From each well governed private house derived The perfect model of a commonwealth. 1699Bentley Phal. 335 Aristotle informs us, that the best and most of the Law-makers were Men of the middle Rank. 1833H. Martineau Tale Tyne v. 94 The practice of these lawmakers agreed with their principle. 1881Times 5 Feb. 9/3 No laws work uninterruptedly without the supervision of the lawmaker. |