parliamentarian

Meaning

Noun

1. (Commonwealth) A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.
2. A person well-versed in parliamentary procedure.
3. (US) An officer in most legislative bodies charged with being well-versed in the parliamentary rules of that legislative house, and whose rulings are taken as authoritative, to be appealed only to the whole of the house itself under special rules.

Adj

1. Of or relating to a parliament; favouring the establishment of a parliament.
2. (historical) Of or relating to the Parliamentarians (supporters of the parliament during the English Civil War (1642–1651)).

Synonyms

member of parliament

parliamentary

congressman

councilman

councilor

legislator

member of a congress

representative

Member of Parliament

MP

assemblyman

congression

congress

Translations

parlementaire

Parlamentarier

parlamentario

parlamentar

parlamentare

Volksvertreter

Abgeordneter

Mitglied im Bundestag

bouleftis

συνέδριο

Unterhausabgeordneter

congrés

congrès

Zusammenkunft

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌpɑː(ɹ)ləmənˈtɛəɹiən/

Etymology

From parliament + -arian.