lawmaker

[ law-mey-ker ]

/ ˈlɔˌmeɪ kər /

a person who makes or enacts law; legislator.

Origin of lawmaker

First recorded in 1350–1400, lawmaker is from the Middle English word lawe maker. See law¹, maker

law·mak·ing, noun, adjective

lawgiver, lawin, lawing, lawks, lawless, lawmaker, lawman, lawn, lawn bowling, lawn chair, lawn mower

Lawmaking by legislatures is also a one-way ratchet—Legislators get credit for passing laws, not pruning them.

Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans |Philip K. Howard |December 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In his veto message, Christie also chided Democratic lawmakers for “using their lawmaking authority to play politics.”

Christie Bows to Iowa’s Pork Kings on Gestation Crates |Olivia Nuzzi |November 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The papal view of lawmaking on Capitol Hill is unknown, but Congress you have been warned.

Pope’s Blistering Attack on ‘Haggard’ Europe |Nico Hines |November 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He or she, with lazy, vague, and windy legislation, fobs the lawmaking off on somebody we elect to execute laws.

The Federal Government Has Violated My Right to Chainsaw |P. J. O’Rourke |April 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

You can watch hours of lawmaking on C-SPAN and never see one female senator attack another.

How the Senate’s Women Maintain Bipartisanship and Civility |Margaret Carlson |March 4, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
This court was a lawmaking body and it made public the laws when they were passed.

The Fathers of New England |Charles M. Andrews
The influence of lawmaking, of collective action, and of social institutions on value must be noted.

The Principles of Economics |Frank A. Fetter
He followed his father to Williamsburg, where he found attractions more absorbing than lawmaking.

Seaport in Virginia |Gay Montague Moore
Nature prepares the way for lawmaking the heart restless, by an unsatisfying experiment, without it.

The Chautauquan, Vol. III, March 1883 |The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle
The ministers controlled the lawmaking body and sumptuary laws were enacted which are enlightening.

Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony |George Francis Dow