the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who makes or enacts a law or a code of laws; a legislator.
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n. a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws
Word Usage
"June 15th, 2009 at 4: 49 pm dp: I'm surprised that you don't recognize how the contigency on the existence of a universal lawgiver is completely invalidated when we recognize that the claimed, unquestionable universality simply isn't universal."