Thĕs'mo-thĕte, n.

n. [Fr. thesmothète, Gr. θεσμοθέτης, from θεσμός, Dor. τεθμός, that which is laid down and established, a law, from τιθέναι, to set, place, and θέτης, one who places, a giver; also from τιθέναι.] (Gr. Antiq.) A lawgiver; a legislator; one of the six inferior archons at Athens.