senator noun [OE. senatour, OF. senatour, F. sénateur, fr. L. senator.]

1. A member of a senate.

The duke and senators of Venice greet you. Shak.

☞ In the United States, each State sends two senators for a term of six years to the national Congress.

2. (O.Eng.Law) A member of the king’s council; a king's councilor. Burrill.

-- Webster's unabridged 1913