c. 1600, from Latin legis lator "proposer of a law," from legis, genitive of lex "law" + lator "proposer," agent noun of latus "borne, brought, carried" (see oblate (n.)), used as past tense of ferre "to carry" (see infer). Fem. form legislatrix is from 1670s.
双语例句
1. As a result, legislator employ various procedual devices to handle knotty problems.
结果, 议员们便采取种种程序性的手法来对付棘手的问题.
来自辞典例句
2. Logically, at what point do the just powers of the legislator stop?
