Senate

  1. Proper noun.  A legislative body in many countries.
  2. Proper noun.  (historical) The council that governed the ancient Roman Republic.
  3. Proper noun.  (Canada) The Senate of Canada; the upper house of the Canadian parliament; "the Senate".
  4. Proper noun.  (US) The United States Senate, "the Senate".
  5. Proper noun.  (US) The upper legislative body of many of the states of the United States.
  6. Noun.  In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
  7. Noun.  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 and male.

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