senate
//ˈsɛnɪt//
Forms
- Plural
- senates
Definitions
1.In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
2.A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age.
3.In Germany, the executive branch of government in the city states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg; the governments of cities that were part of the Hanseatic League; and the bench in a higher appellate court.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1155
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English senat
From Old French senat
From Latin senātus (“council of elders; a senate”)
From senex (“old”).