senator English · revision 4389

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1205|origins=la senex}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈsen.ə.tə/, US /ˈsen.ə.t̬ɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|senatour]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) [[bor|fro|senateur]], senator,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from [[la|senātor|t=member of the senate]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from senatus “senate”,^(MWU 2024) from senex “old; old man”,^(Etymonline) from [[ine-pro|*sénos|alt=*sen-|t=old]].^(Etymonline) It is related to [[senate]], [[senior]] and [[senile]].^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) Etymonline notes that [[elder]] would be the native equivalent, and Old English could express the idea with folcwita.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A member of the Roman senate: about 1205 in the OED,^(OED 1989) about 1200 in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In papal Rome the civil governor of the city bore the title from the 12th century, recorded in English about 1290.^(OED 1989) A member of any governing body or parliament is from 1387,^(OED 1989) the late 14th century in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) and more vaguely a statesman or counsellor from about 1400.^(OED 1989) A member of a senate in other ancient states is from 1586.^(OED 1989) In Scotland a Senator of the College of Justice is a Lord of Session, from 1540.^(OED 1989) The title of a member of the United States Senate is from 1788.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The feminine ''senatress'' is from 1731.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1205 – a Roman senator.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1290 – in papal Rome.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1387 – a member of a parliament.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1540 – a Scottish Lord of Session.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1731 – ''senatress''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1788 – a United States senator.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A member of a [[senate]], as of the United States or ancient [[Rome]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[senatorship]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[senate]]

+ * [[senatorial]]

+ * [[senior]]

+ * [[senile]]

+ * [[senescent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}