noun
persons who make or amend or repeal laws
• Syn: ↑legislature, ↑legislative assembly, ↑legislative body, ↑general assembly
• Derivationally related forms: ↑legislate (for: ↑legislature)
• Members of this Topic:
↑uninominal, ↑one-member, ↑uninominal system, ↑uninominal voting system, ↑single-member system, ↑scrutin uninomial system, ↑scrutin uninominal voting system, ↑sergeant at arms, ↑serjeant-at-arms, ↑appropriation
• Hypernyms: ↑assembly
• Hyponyms:
↑senate, ↑Congress, ↑United States Congress, ↑U.S. Congress, ↑US Congress, ↑house, ↑legislative council, ↑congress, ↑diet, ↑parliament, ↑Duma
• Member Holonyms: ↑government, ↑authorities, ↑regime
Useful english dictionary. 2012.