senator
English
Alternative forms
- senatour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
senator (plural senators)
- A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate. The legislatures of the United States and Canada have senators.
- 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
- 2003, Olga Gardner Galvin, The Alphabet Challenge, Page 31
- (historical) A position in government held in ancient Rome by experienced, elder officials as advisors or consultants for younger, less experienced functionaries.
- A member of the king's council.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
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See also
Anagrams
- Santore, anteros, asteron, atoners, nor'-east, nose art, noseart, one-star, orantes, ornates, rotanes, 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)
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Ladin
Noun
senator f (plural senatores)
Latin
Etymology
From senātus (“senate”) + -tor, originally from senex (“old”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /seˈnaː.tor/, [s̠ɛˈnäːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate 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 |
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Nominative | senātor | senātōrēs |
Genitive | senātōris | senātōrum |
Dative | senātōrī | senātōribus |
Accusative | senātōrem | senātōrēs |
Ablative | senātōre | senātōribus |
Vocative | senātor | senātōrēs |
Derived terms
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Descendants
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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
senator m (definite singular senatoren, indefinite plural senatorer, definite plural senatorene)
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References
- “senator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
senator m (definite singular senatoren, indefinite plural senatorar, definite plural senatorane)
Related terms
References
- “senator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
Noun
senator oblique singular, m (oblique plural senators, nominative singular senators, nominative plural senator)
- senator (in Ancient Rome)
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
senator m pers (female equivalent senatorka)
- senator (member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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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
- (noun) senatorstwo
- (adjective) senatorski
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Further reading
- senator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Template:R:PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French sénateur, Latin senātor.
Noun
senator m (plural senatori)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From sènāt.
Pronunciation
Noun
sènātor m (Cyrillic spelling сѐна̄тор)
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 | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | senator | senatorn | senatorer | senatorerna |
Genitive | senators | senatorns | senatorers | senatorernas |
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- Requests for quotations/Burrill
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