parliamentarian

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
24
Letters
15
Pronunciation
/ˌpɑːləmənˈtɛəɹiən/
See all 5 pronunciations
/ˌpɑːləmənˈtɛəɹiən/ · /ˌpɑːləmənˈtɛːɹiən/ · /ˌpɑɹləmənˈtɛɹiən/ · /ˌpɐːləmənˈteːɹiən/ · /ˌpɑː(ɹ)ləmənˈtɛəɹiən/

Definition of parliamentarian

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Commonwealth)A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.
See all 7 definitions

noun

  1. (Commonwealth)A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.
  2. A person well-versed in parliamentary procedure.
  3. (US)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.
  4. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of parliamentarian, particularly
  5. (historical)Alternative letter-case form of parliamentarian, particularly

adj

  1. Of or relating to a parliament; favouring the establishment of a parliament.
    “a parliamentarian democracy; the parliamentarian movement”
    “1946, Office of United States Chief Counsel For Prosecution of Axis Criminality, Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Washington, Volume 1, citing Wilhelm Frick, Our participation in the parliament does not indicate a support, but rather an undermining of the parliamentarian system.”
  2. (historical)Of or relating to the Parliamentarians (supporters of the parliament during the English Civil War (1642–1651)).
    “[...] Deputies were sent with Commissions into all the Counties; and the Parliamentarian Rebels by force and their own authority, invade the Militia, which they could not obtain from the King by petitioning.”
    “But while he continued there, he shew’d himself a Dunce, a Tale-bearer to the Parliamentarian Visitors that then acted in the University, and a factious person.”
    “The Scotch and parliamentarian army had joined, and were beſieging York; when prince Rupert, joined by the marquis of Newcaſtle, determined to raiſe the ſiege.”
    “There were large regions which were very decidedly royalist, others almost as distinctly parliamentarian [...]”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From parliament + -arian.

Words you can make from parliamentarian

200+ playable · top: INTERLAMINAR (14 pts)

Best play interlaminar 14 points

11-letter words

1 word

10-letter words

7 words

9-letter words

21 words

8-letter words

63 words

7-letter words

107 words

Find your best play with parliamentarian

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes parliamentarian, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.