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Meaning of parliamentarian

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

parliamentarian

noun

Definitions

  1. A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.

    Synonyms:MPcongressmandeputy
  2. A person well-versed in parliamentary procedure.

  3. 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.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to a parliament; favouring the establishment of a parliament.

    Example: a parliamentarian democracy; the parliamentarian movement

    Synonyms:parliamentary
  2. Of or relating to the Parliamentarians (supporters of the parliament during the English Civil War (1642–1651)).