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Meaning of "lawgiver" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LAWGIVER

lawgiver  [ˈlɔːˌɡɪvə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAWGIVER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lawgiver is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LAWGIVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Legislator

A legislator is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature. Legislators are usually politicians and are often elected by the people. Legislatures may be supra-national, national, regional, or local.

Definition of lawgiver in the English dictionary

The definition of lawgiver in the dictionary is the giver of a code of laws. Other definition of lawgiver is Also called: lawmaker. a maker of laws.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAWGIVER


almsgiver
ˈɑːmzˌɡɪvə
arriver
əˈraɪvə
caregiver
ˈkɛəˌɡɪvə
deliver
dɪˈlɪvə
deva
ˈdeɪvə
diver
ˈdaɪvə
driver
ˈdraɪvə
favour
ˈfeɪvə
flavor
ˈfleɪvə
flavour
ˈfleɪvə
forgiver
fəˈɡɪvə
giver
ˈɡɪvə
hiver
ˈhaɪvə
liver
ˈlɪvə
Oliver
ˈɒlɪvə
party-giver
ˈpɑːtɪɡɪvə
river
ˈrɪvə
saver
ˈseɪvə
survivor
səˈvaɪvə
thanksgiver
ˈθæŋksˌɡɪvə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAWGIVER

law-and-order
law-and-order issues
law-breaking
lawbook
lawbreaker
Lawes
lawfare
lawful
lawfully
lawfulness
lawgiving
lawin
lawine
lawing
lawk
lawks
lawless
lawlessly
lawlessness
lawlike

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAWGIVER

Green River
hit-and-run driver
Hudson River
Indian giver
owner-driver
Pearl River
pile-driver
quiver
receiver
Red River
screwdriver
shiver
sliver
taxi driver
the river
transceiver
truck driver
viver
waiver
wide receiver

Synonyms and antonyms of lawgiver in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lawgiver» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAWGIVER

Find out the translation of lawgiver to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lawgiver from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lawgiver» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

立法者
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

legislador
570 millions of speakers

English

lawgiver
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कानून बनानेवाला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المشرع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

законодатель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

legislador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিধানকর্তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

législateur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemberi kuasa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gesetzgeber
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

立法者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

입법자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lawgiver
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà lập pháp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சட்ட மாமேதை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कायदे करणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kanun yapıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

legislatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prawodawca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

законодавець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Legiuitorul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νομοθέτης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

septer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lagstiftare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lovgiver
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lawgiver

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAWGIVER»

The term «lawgiver» is normally little used and occupies the 122.649 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAWGIVER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lawgiver

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAWGIVER»

Discover the use of lawgiver in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lawgiver and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Lawgiver: A Novel
In the opening pages of The Lawgiver, “HW” exchanges interoffice memos with his agent, “BSW.” At what point did you realize that those initials stood for the author of the novel, Herman Wouk, and his real-life wife and literary agent, Betty ...
Herman Wouk, 2013
2
The Law Code of Manu
"' The Law Code of Manu is the most authoritative and the best-known legal text of ancient India.
Manu (Lawgiver), Patrick Olivelle, 2004
3
Emergency Politics: Paradox, Law, Democracy
Benhabib is not alone in treating the lawgiver as a betrayal of Rousseau's democratic ideal. Whether we take the lawgiver to be a figure of idealized rationality who trades off legitimacy in the way Benhabib describes, or of some other force ...
Bonnie Honig, 2009
4
The Body of Faith: God and the People of Israel
When we ask, What is the law in a specific case, we may be asking, What is the intention of the lawgiver in this particular case? If so, then the best procedure would be to ask the lawgiver directly. Were we in a position to do so, there would be ...
Michael Wyschogrod, 1983
5
Legal Ethics the Unity of Law There Is One Lawgiver: A ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
W. H. (William Henry) Platt, 2012
6
Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Rousseau and The Social ...
dispositions that those institutions would need to subsist; only those who already had those dispositions would see the need for those very institutions. It looks as if we are in a circle from which there can be no escape. The lawgiver enables ...
Christopher Bertram, 2004
7
Ministers of the Law: A Natural Law Theory of Legal Authority
Through its reception (or otherwise), the community exercises its primal authority over its own affairs, on which the authority of the lawgiver himself rests. It is worth noting that even in this form, the exercise of authority involves an element of ...
Jean Porter, 2010
8
Reading Law as Narrative: A Study in the Casuistic Laws of ...
Participation The delivery of the laws is an event involving an encounter between the lawgiver and the laws' addressees. He speaks (either himself, or through a messenger) and they listen. Sometimes a different kind of encounter transpires.
Assnat Bartor, 2010
9
Forgiveness, Mercy, and Clemency
This self-contradiction would introduce an arbitrariness into law that would confound law's very form.255 Whereas Blackstone takes no chances with ignorance, and hence rules out any possibility for a purely democratic pardon, the lawgiver in ...
Austin Sarat, Nasser Hussain, 2007
10
Nietzsche and the Political
as the product of his attempt to accede to the perspective of the lawgiver, who aspires to attain (and perhaps to implement) a panoptic vision of the future of humankind. The lawgiver plays a unique role within the economy of Nietzsche's ...
Daniel W. Conway, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAWGIVER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lawgiver is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Jesus Was A Liberal: 15 Quotes The 'Christian' Right Doesn't Want …
“There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?” [James 4:12 KJV]. (14) Crime and punishment: Conservatives ... «SanFranciscoSentinel.com, Jul 15»
2
Two decades since Til Shiloh | Entertainment | Jamaica Gleaner
"The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»
3
Parshat Matot-Masei: Unity does not mean uniformity
... at which point they challenged the great lawgiver with a knockout question on levirate marriage: If the birth of a daughter is sufficient to free ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
4
Somaliland:Wikileaks False Saudi, SL and Somali document article
The Lawgiver issued a severe warning against passing on all that one hears. > > It was narrated that Hafs Ibn 'Aasim said: The Messenger of ... «SomalilandPress, Jul 15»
5
Kourtney Kardashian, Scott Disick Split Saga Continues; 'Keeping …
"There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy," Kourtney tweeted. "But who are you to judge your neighbor? «Youth Health Magzine, Jul 15»
6
LETTER: God, not court, makes laws
America's Supreme Court has despised and discarded the Supreme authority of the Creator, lawgiver, and “Judge of all the earth,” calling God's law “evil” and ... «San Angelo Standard Times, Jul 15»
7
Greece crisis: No mercy for Greece in Angela Merkel's Europe
... and the terms were draconian, fittingly a word of Greek derivation, referring to an ancient Greek lawgiver who punished all offences severely. «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
8
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL Updates & Kardashian …
The quote read, “There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor? James ... «Movie TV Tech Geeks News, Jul 15»
9
Kourtney Kardashian Is 'Angry and Disappointed' More Than 'Sad …
“There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor? James 4:12,” she wrote. «New York Recorder, Jul 15»
10
Kourtney Kardashian posts cryptic Bible verse following Scott Disick …
She wrote: "There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor? James 4:12." ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

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