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