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Parliamentarian
Meaning
Noun
●
In Commonwealth English & People:
A
member
of a
parliament
,
congress
or an
elected
national
legislative body
of another name.
●
A person
well-versed
in
parliamentary
procedure.
●
In American English & People:
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
supporter
of
parliament
during the English Civil War.
Adj
●
Of or
relating
to a
parliament
;
favouring
the
establishment
of a
parliament
.
●
In People:
Of or
relating
to the Parliamentarians (supporters of the
parliament
during the English Civil War (1642–1651)).
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Origin
parliamentarian
English
-an
English
-anus
Latin
parliamentary
English
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