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parliamentarian
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As a noun, parliamentarian means a member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name. As an adjective, it means of or relating to a parliament.
Meanings of parliamentarian
5 meaningsnoun
commonwealthA member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.
A person well-versed in parliamentary procedure.
USAn 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.
adjective
Of or relating to a parliament; favouring the establishment of a parliament.
“a parliamentarian democracy; the parliamentarian movement”
Older and rare meanings (1)
historicalOf or relating to the Parliamentarians (supporters of the parliament during the English Civil War (1642–1651)).
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).