lawgiver

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈlɔːˌɡɪv.ə/    美 /ˈlɔˌɡɪv.ɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who provides laws to a society.
    — "Lawgivers were never more mistaken," said Lady Mary, "than when they ordained that the conjugal tie should last through life for better and worse; the last injunction being strictly complied with. There should be septennial marriages, as well as septennial parliaments!"
  2. Any lawmaker.

词形变化

lawgivers plural

词源

From Middle English lawe ȝivere, lawe-ȝivere, law ȝevar; equivalent to law + giver.
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