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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Legislator(e, n. [L. lēgis-lātor, e.m.E. legislator (1605).] A legislator, lawgiver. —1490 Irland Mir. I. 114/19.
The law was maid for the keping of the toune, and that was the entencioune of the legislatore Ib. in Innes Rev. VI. 91.
