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Antonyms for parliamentarian
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : pahr-luh-men-tair-ee-uh n, -muh n- or, sometimes, pahrl-yuh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɑr lə mɛnˈtɛər i ən, -mən- or, sometimes, ˌpɑrl yə- |
Definition of parliamentarian
Origin :- 1640s as a designation of one of the sides in the English Civil War; meaning "one versed in parliamentary procedure" dates from 1834. See parliamentary + -ian.
- As in legislative : adj lawmaking
- As in legislator : noun person in government who makes laws
- As in lord : noun master
- But the English parliamentarian men-of-war were cruising in the Channel.
- Extract from : « Political Women (Vol. 1 of 2) » by Sutherland Menzies
- A parliamentarian, like a seignior, must do credit to his fortune.
- Extract from : « The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 1 (of 6) » by Hippolyte A. Taine
- Rupert and the Parliamentarian leaders knew that they were there to fight.
- Extract from : « Yorkshire Battles » by Edward Lamplough
- This was the Parliamentarian way of explaining away their defeat.
- Extract from : « The Great Civil War in Lancashire (1642-1651) » by Ernest Broxap
- The Parliamentarian horse were quartered up and down the country.
- Extract from : « The Great Civil War in Lancashire (1642-1651) » by Ernest Broxap
- The fullest Parliamentarian account is in the "Discourse," p. 29.
- Extract from : « The Great Civil War in Lancashire (1642-1651) » by Ernest Broxap
- The parliamentarian Major was considerably embarrassed by this proposal.
- Extract from : « Peveril of the Peak » by Sir Walter Scott
- To reduce that town, the Parliamentarian forces marched through Peterborough about the middle of the month of April.
- Extract from : « The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral » by George S. Phillips
- He was deprived of his wardenship and imprisoned by the Parliamentarian commissioners when they visited Oxford.
- Extract from : « The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. » by Hartley Withers
- Mr. G. delivered brief but magnificent speech, instinct with the true spirit of Parliamentarian.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, July 15th 1893 » by Various
Synonyms for parliamentarian
- administrator
- aldermember
- aristocrat
- assemblymember
- baron
- bishop
- captain
- commandant
- commander
- congressional
- council member
- count
- dad
- decreeing
- deputy
- don
- duke
- earl
- enacting
- governor
- jurisdictive
- king
- lawgiver
- lawgiving
- lawmaker
- leader
- legislational
- legislatorial
- liege
- magnate
- man upstairs
- marquis
- member
- member of Congress
- monarch
- nobility
- noble
- nobleman
- nomistic
- nomothetic
- old man
- ordaining
- overlord
- parliamentarian
- parliamentary
- patrician
- peer
- potentate
- prince
- representative
- royalty
- ruler
- seigneur
- senator
- senatorial
- sovereign
- statute-making
- superior
- synodical
- viscount
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