# parliamentarian

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌpɑːləmənˈtɛəɹiən/ · frequency rank #37,143

## Definitions
1. A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.
2. A person well-versed in parliamentary procedure.
3. An officer in most legislative bodies charged with being well-versed in the parliamentary rules of that legislative house, and whose rulings are taken as authoritative, to be appealed only to the whole of the house itself under special rules.

## Etymology
From parliament + -arian.

## Common misspellings (22)
`aprliamentarian`, `palriamentarian`, `parilamentarian`, `parlaimentarian`, `parliaemntarian`, `parliamenatrian`, `parliamenntarian`, `parliamentairan`, `parliamentarain`, `parliamentariann`, `parliamentarina`, `parliamentarrian`, `parliamentraian`, `parliamenttarian`, `parliametnarian`, `parliammentarian`, `parliamnetarian`, `parlimaentarian`, `parlliamentarian`, `parrliamentarian`, `pparliamentarian`, `praliamentarian`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/parliamentarian