senator

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See also: Senator and senátor

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (old).

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Noun[edit]

senator (plural senators)

  1. 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.
    • 2003, Olga Gardner Galvin, The Alphabet Challenge, Page 31
      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, Joe Biden, Promises to Keep[1], New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 78:
      I was a United States senator-elect at age thirty.
  2. (dated) A member of any legislative body or parliament, particularly the British Parliament.
  3. (historical) A member of the ancient Roman Senate.
  4. (historical) A member of a governing council in other states in the ancient world.
  5. A member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman.[1]
  6. (obsolete) An important church official.

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  1. ^ Alexander M[ansfield] Burrill (1850–1851), “SENATOR”, in A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: [], volume (please specify |part= or |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: John S. Voorhies, [], →OCLC.

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (old).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor

Noun[edit]

senator m (plural senatoren or senators, diminutive senatortje n)

  1. senator

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senator f (plural senatores)

  1. senator

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From senātus (senate) +‎ -tor, originally from senex (old).

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Noun[edit]

senātor m (genitive senātōris); third declension

  1. senator, member of the Roman Senate

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative senātor senātōrēs
Genitive senātōris senātōrum
Dative senātōrī senātōribus
Accusative senātōrem senātōrēs
Ablative senātōre senātōribus
Vocative senātor senātōrēs

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References[edit]

  • 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[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun[edit]

senator m (definite singular senatoren, indefinite plural senatorer, definite plural senatorene)

  1. (politics) a senator

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

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senator m (definite singular senatoren, indefinite plural senatorar, definite plural senatorane)

  1. (politics) a senator

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Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin senātor.

Noun[edit]

senator oblique singularm (oblique plural senators, nominative singular senators, nominative plural senator)

  1. senator (in Ancient Rome)

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin senātor.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sɛˈna.tɔr/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -atɔr
  • Syllabification: se‧na‧tor

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senator m pers (feminine senatorka, related adjective senatorski)

  1. (government) senator (member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate)
    Hypernym: parlamentarzysta
  2. (government, historical) senator (member of an assembly of higher secular and clerical officials in the Kingdom of Poland or the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth)
  3. (government) senator (member of a local parliament in each of the states of the United States of America)
  4. (Ancient Rome, government, historical) senator (member of the Roman Senate)
  5. (government) senator (member of a city council in some cities)
  6. (education) senator (member of a college made up of the rector, vice-rectors, deans, and representatives of academic staff, students, and administrative staff, holding leadership positions at a university)
  7. (zoology) older and strong male in a group of baboons

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nouns

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adjective
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Further reading[edit]

  • senator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • senator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • senator in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French sénateur, Latin senātor.

Noun[edit]

senator m (plural senatori)

  1. senator

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From sènāt.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sěnaːtor/
  • Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor

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sènātor m (Cyrillic spelling сѐна̄тор)

  1. senator

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References[edit]

  • senator” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

senator c

  1. a senator (member of a senate)

Declension[edit]

Declension of senator 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative senator senatorn senatorer senatorerna
Genitive senators senatorns senatorers senatorernas

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