senator

noun

sen·​a·​tor ˈse-nə-tər How to pronounce senator (audio)
: a member of a senate
senatorship noun

Examples of senator in a Sentence

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The senator will retire from his post at the end of his fifth term, in January 2027. Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025 Among the questions the senators present for review are inquiries about how incentivizing employees at field offices to resign impacted customer service, as well as the effect of incentivizing appeals council employees to do the same on appeals council decisions. Aris Folley, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025 Gaylord Nelson, the late U.S. senator and governor of Wisconsin, is considered the founder of Earth Day. Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025 Here, the senator was passively alluding to environmental injustices, which were commonplace in the 1970s and long before then. Jerel Ezell, Time, 22 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for senator

Word History

Etymology

Middle English senatour, from Anglo-French senatur, from Latin senator, from senatus

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of senator was in the 13th century

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“Senator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/senator. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

senator

noun
sen·​a·​tor ˈsen-ət-ər How to pronounce senator (audio)
: a member of a senate
senatorship noun

Legal Definition

senator

noun
sen·​a·​tor ˈse-nə-tər How to pronounce senator (audio)
: a member of a senate
senatorial adjective

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