member of parliament

noun

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

“Similar to members of parliaments, members of Congress are civil servants.”

Meanings

member of parliament1

nounmember of parliament (plural members of parliament or members of parliaments)

plural members of parliament · plural members of parliaments

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Member of Parliament.

    Similar to members of parliaments, members of Congress are civil servants.

Member of Parliament2

nounMember of Parliament (plural Members of Parliament)

plural Members of Parliament · plural MPs · alternative member of parliament

  1. AustraliaCanadaNew ZealandUKA representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a house of a parliament.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic عضو برلمان
  • عضو برلمانrepresentative
Chinese Mandarin 議員 /议员
  • 議員 /议员 (yìyuán)representative
Czech poslanec
  • poslanecrepresentative
Danish folketingsmedlem, parlamentsmedlem
  • folketingsmedlemrepresentative
  • parlamentsmedlemrepresentative
Dutch parlementslid
  • parlementslidrepresentative
Esperanto deputito, parlamentano
  • deputitorepresentative
  • parlamentanorepresentative
Finnish kansanedustaja
  • kansanedustajarepresentative
French membre du Parlement, membre du parlement
  • membre du Parlementrepresentative
  • membre du parlementrepresentative
  • parlementairerepresentative
German Abgeordneter
  • Abgeordneterrepresentative
Greek βουλευτής
  • βουλευτής (vouleftís)representative
Hungarian országgyűlési képviselő, parlamenti képviselő
  • országgyűlési képviselőrepresentative
  • parlamenti képviselőrepresentative
Icelandic þingmaður
  • þingmaðurrepresentative
Japanese 国会議員
  • 国会議員 (kokkai giin)representative
Korean 국회의원
  • 국회의원 (gukhoe'uiwon)representative
Malay ahli parlimen (in Malaysia), anggota parlimen (in Singapore)
  • ahli parlimen (in Malaysia)representative
  • anggota parlimen (in Singapore)representative
Māori Mema Pāremata
  • Mema Pārematarepresentative
Norwegian Bokmål stortingsrepresentant, parlamentsmedlem
  • stortingsrepresentantrepresentative
  • parlamentsmedlemrepresentative
Polish poseł, posłanka
  • posełrepresentative
  • posłankarepresentative
  • deputowanyrepresentative
  • deputowanarepresentative
  • parlamentarzystarepresentative
  • parlamentarzystkarepresentative
Portuguese deputado
  • deputadorepresentative
Romanian deputat, deputată
  • deputatrepresentative
  • deputatărepresentative
  • parlamentarrepresentative
Russian член парла́мента, депута́т парла́мента
  • член парла́мента (člen parlámenta)representative
  • депута́т парла́мента (deputát parlámenta)representative
Scottish Gaelic Ball Pàrlamaid
  • Ball Pàrlamaidrepresentative
Spanish parlamentario, parlamentaria
  • parlamentariorepresentative
  • parlamentariarepresentative
  • miembro del parlamentorepresentative
Swahili mbunge
  • mbungerepresentative
Swedish parlamentsledamot, riksdagsledamot
  • parlamentsledamotrepresentative
  • riksdagsledamotrepresentative
Tamil நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்
  • நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் (nāṭāḷumaṉṟa uṟuppiṉar)representative
Thai สมาชิกรัฐสภา
  • สมาชิกรัฐสภา (sà-maa-chík-rát-tà-sà-paa)representative
Turkish milletvekili, mebus
  • milletvekilirepresentative
  • mebusrepresentative
Vietnamese nghị sĩ
  • nghị sĩrepresentative
Welsh Aelod Seneddol
  • Aelod Seneddolrepresentative
Cite this entry
APA

member of parliament. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/member%20of%20parliament

MLA

“member of parliament.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/member%20of%20parliament. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “member of parliament,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/member%20of%20parliament.

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