parliamentarian

Etymology

parliament +‎ -arian

Noun

parliamentarian (plural parliamentarians)

1. A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.
2. A person well-versed in parliamentary procedure.
3. An 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

parliamentarian (comparative more parliamentarian, superlative most parliamentarian)

1. Of or relating to parliament.

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