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

He’s no King Solomon, but Kennedy, the perpetual swing vote, may be the dominant lawgiver of his day.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2016

Through Eisler, Lloyd met Schoenberg, the awe-inspiring lawgiver of twentieth-century music.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 4, 2015

He was the lawgiver in our family and I never laughed in his presence.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright