Dictionary Definition
Parliamentarian
Noun
1 an elected member of the British Parliament: a
member of the House of Commons [syn: Member
of Parliament]
2 an expert in parliamentary rules and
procedures
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- A person well-versed in parliamentary procedure.
- 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.
Extensive Definition
Parliamentarian can refer to a member or
supporter of a Parliament, as
in:
- Member of Parliament
- Roundheads, supporters of the parliamentary cause in the English Civil War
Parliamentarian can also refer to an expert
adviser on parliamentary
procedure, as in:
- Parliamentarian (consultant) - An officer or outside consultant designated by an organization to serve as an expert in parliamentary procedure
- Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives
- Parliamentarian of the United States Senate
- A member of the National Association of Parliamentarians
- A member of the American Institute of Parliamentarians
- An official of the National Forensic League, who regulates a chamber of Student Congress