Member of parliament
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a person who has been elected to the parliament of a country
Member of parliament meaning & definition 1 of Member of parliament.
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a politician who has been elected to the parliament of a country:
Member of parliament meaning & definition 2 of Member of parliament.
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an elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons
Member of parliament meaning & definition 3 of Member of parliament.
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A Member of Parliament is the representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this category includes specifically members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members, such as senator.
Members of parliament tend to form parliamentary groups with members of the same political party. In everyday use, the term Member of Parliament is almost always shortened to the initialism MP, and this is also common in the media.Member of parliament meaning & definition 4 of Member of parliament.