A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada.
It was disbanded when Derrick was only six, after that grouchy old ultra-Libertarian Senator Timothy de Illy made “welfare hotel for Third-World nations” a household catchphrase.2003, Olga Gardner Galvin, The Alphabet Challenge, Page 31
I was a United States senator-elect at age thirty.2007, Joe Biden, Promises to Keep, New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 78:
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Dated A member of any legislative body or parliament, particularly the British Parliament.
Historical A member of a governing council in other states in the ancient world.
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A member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman.
Both we will raigne as Conſuls of the earth, And mightie kings ſhall be our Senators.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
In Germany, a minister of the executive branch of government in the city states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg; and a government official of cities that were part of the Hanseatic League.
The title for someone who is elected to be a senator.
The legislation, sponsored by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Lee, and Murphy, required the president to withdraw all forces from Yemen (except those participating in antiterrorism operations against AQAP) within 30 days of enactment.2021, Kelly A. McHugh, “President vs. Congress: U.S. Intervention in the Yemeni Civil War”, in Ralph G. Carter, editor, Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy: From National Security to Human Security, 6th edition, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, part II (Policymaking Actors and Influencers), page 135: