lawmaker

English Thesaurus

1. a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws (noun.person)

hypernym	:	leader,
definition	:	a person who rules or guides or inspires others (noun.person)

hyponym	:	legislator,
definition	:	someone who makes or enacts laws (noun.person)

hyponym	:	promulgator,
definition	:	(law) one who promulgates laws (announces a law as a way of putting it into execution) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	draco,
definition	:	Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC) (noun.person)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)