senator

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English

Alternative forms

• senatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”), equivalent to senate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.ə.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.ə.tɚ/
• Hyphenation: sen‧a‧tor

Noun

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.
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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.
6. (obsolete) An important church official.
7. In Germany, a minister of the executive branch of government in the city states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg; and a government official of cities that were part of the Hanseatic League.

Coordinate terms

• congressman, congresswoman
• MP

Related terms

• senate
• senatress
• senatrix

Translations

References

• “senator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

• Senate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Santore, anteros, asteron, atoners, nor'-east, nose art, noseart, one-star, orantes, ornates, roneats, rotanes, santero, seatron, tenoras, treason

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor

Noun

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

1. (politics) senator

Related terms

• senaat
• senatoriaal

Descendants

• → Indonesian: senator

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch senator, from Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.ˈna.tɔr/
• Rhymes: -tɔr
• Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor

Noun

senator (plural senator-senator, first-person possessive senatorku, second-person possessive senatormu, third-person possessive senatornya)

1. senator:
   1. (government) 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.
   2. (historical) a member of the ancient Roman Senate.
   3. (historical) a member of a governing council in other states in the ancient world.
   4. a member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman.

Related terms

Further reading

• “senator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Ladin

Noun

senator f (plural senatores)

1. (politics) senator

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, feminine senātrīx); third declension

1. (politics) senator (a member of the Roman Senate)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

Related terms

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. (politics) senator

Related terms

• senat

References

• “senator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. (politics) senator

Related terms

• senat

References

• “senator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin senātor.

Noun

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

1. senator (in Ancient Rome)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin senātor.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

senator m pers (female equivalent senatorka, related adjective senatorski)

1. (government, politics) senator (a member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate)

   Hypernym: parlamentarzysta

2. (government, historical) senator (a member of an assembly of higher secular and clerical officials in the Kingdom of Poland or the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth)
3. (government) senator (a member of a local parliament in each of the states of the United States of America)
4. (Ancient Rome, government, historical) senator (a member of the Roman Senate)
5. (government) senator (a member of a city council in some cities)
6. (education) senator (a 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

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French sénateur, Latin senātor.

Noun

senator m (plural senatori, feminine equivalent senatoare or senatrice)

1. (politics) senator

Declension

Related terms

• senat

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From sènāt.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sènātor m (Cyrillic spelling сѐна̄тор)

1. (politics) senator

Declension

References

• “senator”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Noun

senator c

1. (politics) senator (a member of a senate)

Declension

Anagrams

• noteras, sotaren