# senator
## English
### Alternative forms

* senatour (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”), equivalent to senate +‎ -or.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsɛn.ə.tə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈsɛn.ə.tɚ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: sen‧a‧tor

### Noun

senator (plural senators)
* A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada.
** 2003, Olga Gardner Galvin, The Alphabet Challenge, Page 31
    It was disbanded when Derrick was only six, after that grouchy old ultra-Libertarian Senator Timothy de Illy made “welfare hotel for Third-World nations” a household catchphrase.
** 2007, Joe Biden, Promises to Keep‎, New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 78:I was a United States senator-elect at age thirty.
* (dated) A member of any legislative body or parliament, particularly the British Parliament.
* (historical) A member of the ancient Roman Senate.
* (historical) A member of a governing council in other states in the ancient world.
* A member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman.
** c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:Both we will raigne as Conſuls of the earth, And mightie kings ſhall be our Senators.
* (obsolete) An important church official.
* In Germany, a minister of the executive branch of government in the city states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg; and a government official of cities that were part of the Hanseatic League.

#### Coordinate terms

* congressman, congresswoman
* MP

#### Related terms

* senate
* senatress
* senatrix

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Alexander M[ansfield] Burrill (1850–1851) “SENATOR”, in A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: […], volume (please specify |part= or |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: John S. Voorhies, […], →OCLC.
* “senator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Further reading

* Senate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Santore, anteros, asteron, atoners, nor'-east, nose art, noseart, one-star, orantes, ornates, roneats, rotanes, santero, seatron, tenoras, treason

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor

### Noun

senator m (plural senatoren or senators, diminutive senatortje n)
* (politics) senator

#### Related terms

* senaat
* senatoriaal

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: senator

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch senator, from Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /se.ˈna.tɔr/
* Rhymes: -tɔr
* Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor

### Noun

senator (plural senator-senator)
* senator:
** (government) a member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada
** (historical) a member of the ancient Roman Senate
** (historical) a member of a governing council in other states in the ancient world
** a member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman

#### Related terms

* senat
* senior

### Further reading

* “senator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Ladin
### Noun

senator f (plural senatores)
* (politics) senator

## Latin
### Etymology

From senātus (“senate”) +‎ -tor, originally from senex (“old”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /seˈnaː.tor/, [s̠ɛˈnäːt̪ɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /seˈna.tor/, [seˈnäːt̪or]

### Noun

senātor m (genitive senātōris, feminine senātrīx); third declension
* (politics) senator (a member of the Roman Senate)

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* senāculum
* senātōrius
* senātrīx

#### Related terms

* senātus
* seneciō
* senectus
* seneō
* senex

#### Descendants

* English: senator
* French: sénateur
** → Romanian: senator
** → Turkish: senatör
* Galician: senador
* Irish: seanadóir
* Italian: senatore
* Middle Iranian: (As title of Roman politicians)
    Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭎𐭀𐭍𐭕𐭅𐭓 (sʾntwr /⁠sāntūr⁠/)
    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭮𐭠𐭭𐭲𐭥𐭥 (sʾntwr /⁠sāntōr⁠/)
* Norman: sénateu
* Portuguese: senador
* Russian: сена́тор (senátor)
* Sicilian: sinaturi
* Spanish: senador
* Welsh: henadur

### References

* “senator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “senator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* senator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

senator m (definite singular senatoren, indefinite plural senatorer, definite plural senatorene)
* (politics) senator

#### Related terms

* senat

### References

* “senator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

senator m (definite singular senatoren, indefinite plural senatorar, definite plural senatorane)
* (politics) senator

#### Related terms

* senat

### References

* “senator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin senātor.

### Noun

senator oblique singular, m (oblique plural senators, nominative singular senators, nominative plural senator)
* senator (in Ancient Rome)

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin senātor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛˈna.tɔr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -atɔr
* Syllabification: se‧na‧tor

### Noun

senator m pers (female equivalent senatorka, related adjective senatorski)
* (government, politics) senator (a member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate)
    Hypernym: parlamentarzysta
* (government, historical) senator (a member of an assembly of higher secular and clerical officials in the Kingdom of Poland or the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth)
* (government) senator (a member of a local parliament in each of the states of the United States of America)
* (Ancient Rome, government, historical) senator (a member of the Roman Senate)
* (government) senator (a member of a city council in some cities)
* (education) senator (a member of a college made up of the rector, vice-rectors, deans, and representatives of academic staff, students, and administrative staff, holding leadership positions at a university)
* (zoology) older and strong male in a group of baboons

#### Derived terms

* senatorostwo
* senatorstwo

#### Related terms

* senacki
* senat
* Senat
* senatoria

### Further reading

* senator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* senator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* senator in PWN's encyclopedia

## Romanian
### Etymology

From French sénateur, Latin senātor.

### Noun

senator m (plural senatori, feminine equivalent senatoare or senatrice)
* (politics) senator

#### Related terms

* senat

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From sènāt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sěnaːtor/
* Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor

### Noun

sènātor m (Cyrillic spelling сѐна̄тор)
* (politics) senator

#### Declension
### References

* “senator”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Swedish
### Noun

senator c
* (politics) senator (a member of a senate)

#### Declension
### Anagrams

* noteras, sotaren