lawgiver
Example Sentences
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Here is another problem: One of the roles of a president or other leader is to function as a lawgiver figure, a type of parental figure for a society.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2018
Even his name, which most interpret as a riff on Drake or the Draco AK-47 semiautomatic pistol, actually takes lineage from Draco, the famously harsh lawgiver of ancient Greece who inspired the adjective, "Draconian."
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2018
Through Eisler, Lloyd met Schoenberg, the awe-inspiring lawgiver of twentieth-century music.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 4, 2015
The noted lawgiver Hammurabi was also an able military leader, diplomat, and administrator of a vast empire.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
He was the lawgiver in our family and I never laughed in his presence.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
