| Main Entry: | senator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statesperson |
Synonyms: |
lawmaker, legislator, politician, statesman |
| Main Entry: | delegate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | representative, often governmental |
Synonyms: |
agent, alternate, ambassador, appointee, catchpole, commissioner, consul, deputy, emissary, envoy, factor, front*, legate, member, member of congress, minister, mouthpiece, nominee, people's choice, pinch hitter, plenipotentiary, proxy, regent, rep, replacement, senator, spokesperson, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, vicar, viceroy |
| Notes: | as a noun, delegate is a person appointed or elected to represent others - as a verb delegate means to transfer power or authority to someone; relegate means to refer to another person for decision or judgment or assign to a lower position or reduce in rank a delegation differs from a legation in that the members of a delegation are usually not charged with a specific mission but merely with the overall task of representing the interests of a body of people, often at a conference during an assembly's regular session; a legate usually acts alone while a delegate acts as part of a group |
| Main Entry: | legislator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in government who makes laws |
Synonyms: |
administrator, aldermember, assemblymember, council member, deputy, lawgiver, lawmaker, leader, member, member of Congress, parliamentarian, representative, senator |
| Main Entry: | politician |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person pursuing or occupying elective office |
Synonyms: |
baby-kisser, boss, chieftain, congressperson, democrat, grandstander, handshaker, lawmaker, leader, legislator, member of Congress, member of parliament, office seeker, officeholder, orator, partisan, party member, president, public servant, republican, senator, speaker, statesperson, whistle-stopper |
| Main Entry: | representative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who acts in the stead of another |
Synonyms: |
agent, assemblyperson, attorney, commissioner, congressperson, councilor, councilperson, counselor, delegate, deputy, lawyer, legislator, member, messenger, proxy, rep, salesperson, senator, spokesperson |