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SENATOR
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("senator" is a kind of...):
legislator (someone who makes or enacts laws)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "senator"):
state senator (a member of a state senate)
Instance hyponyms:
Clinton; Hilary Clinton; Hilary Rodham Clinton (wife of President Clinton and later a woman member of the United States Senate (1947-))
Fulbright; James William Fulbright; William Fulbright (United States senator who is remembered for his creation of grants that fund exchange programs of teachers and students between the United States and other countries (1905-1995))
Glenn; John Glenn; John Herschel Glenn Jr. (made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-))
Derivation:
senatorial (of or relating to senators)
senatorship (the office of senator)