Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Legislator

Legislator (lej"is*lā`tẽr) , noun

[Latin legis lator, prop., a proposer of a law; lex, legis, law + lator a proposer, bearer, from latus, used as past participle of ferre to bear: compare French législateur. See Legal, and Tolerate.]

A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; a member of a legislative body.
The legislators in ancient and heroical times. — Bacon
Many of the legislators themselves had taken an oath of abjuration of his Majesty's person and family. — E. Phillips