senator

«senator» in Mova's school dictionary: a member of a senate, a group of people who make laws in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a senator, senators)

meaning for a pupil

1) A senator is a member of a senate, a group of people who make laws in some countries, like the USA, Canada, Australia and Ireland. tree →

2) In ancient Rome, a senator was a member of the Roman Senate. tree →

sense in the lessons

In social studies and history: US senators, Australian senators, Roman senators. Phrases: «Senator Smith», «elected senator», «state senator».

examples

• The senator voted for the new law. tree →
• Each US state has two senators. tree →
• Senators in ancient Rome wore togas with a purple stripe. tree →
• The class wrote a letter to their senator. tree →
• Australia has 76 senators. tree →
• Senator Jones visited our school. tree →
• And the senators knew that their greed had been their ruin. tree →

note

Capitalised before a name: Senator Brown. There are 50 US states with 2 senators each, so 50 × 2 = 100 senators.

In the corpora

• Then the general Julius Caesar grew so powerful that senators killed him, and his adopted son Augustus became the first emperor.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «senator» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.