A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.
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.
A person well-versed in parliamentary procedure.
Of or relating to a parliament; favouring the establishment of a parliament.
Of or relating to the Parliamentarians (supporters of the parliament during the English Civil War (1642–1651)).
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.
A member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman.
A member of the ancient Roman Senate.
A member of a governing council in other states in the ancient world.