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Definition of Member of parliament

1. Noun. An elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons.

Definition of Member of parliament

1. Noun. A representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the lower house of a parliament. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Member Of Parliament

Literary usage of Member of parliament

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises by William Cushing (1888)
"Member of Parliament, A. William Hay. Remarks on the laws relating to the poor . . . By . ... Member of Parliament in the Country Interest, A. Thomas Carte. ..."

2. Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises by William Cushing (1888)
"Member of Parliament, A. John Wilkes. Observations on papers relative to the ... Member of Parliament, A. William Hay. Remarks on the laws relating to ..."

3. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Government 833 Production, etc 833 Trade with UK 833 Burnham Beeches 653 Scale 500 Burnley 665 Bishop of (Blackburn) 484 Member of Parliament 327 Recorder ..."

4. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1859)
"Warren Hastings—Liberty and Necessity—Picture of a Man, by Shakspeare and by Milton- Registration of Deeds—Duty of a Member of Parliament—Deportment of a ..."

5. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1920)
"MODIGLIANI, GIUSEPPE E., Pisa-Leghorn, elected member of Parliament, Nov. 16, 1919. ... SETA, ALCESTE DELLA, Rome, elected member of Parliament, Nov. ..."

6. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology by Joseph Thomas (1901)
"In 1857 he removed to Montreal, where he became a journalist and member of Parliament, filling several positions in the Colonial ministry. ..."

7. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"In 1645, on the passing of the self-denying ordinance, providing that no member of Parliament should hold a public office, he resigned his commission ..."

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