congressman
See also: Congressman
English
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Noun
[edit]congressman (plural congressmen)
- A male member of congress.
- (US) A male member of the House of Representatives.
- 1919, Celebration Legal Essays: To Mark the Twenty-fifth Year of Service of John H ...[1]:
- For strained metaphor this has not been equaled since a bloviant congressman began his eulogy upon Senator Vance with the words […]
- 2017, Russell M. Peterson, The Armies of Forever, page 368:
- There was a stampede as the congressmen jumped the banister in their hastes to be the first to sign away their souls.
- 2021 August 24, Devan Cole, Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, “Two congressmen traveled to Afghanistan amid frantic evacuation efforts”, in CNN[2]:
- Two US congressmen on Tuesday made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan as the US races to evacuate as many people as possible from the country in the remaining days of the US military presence there, taking Democratic leadership by surprise and drawing swift criticism.
- 2024 December 23, Sarah Ferris and Jeremy Herb, “House Ethics report finds evidence Matt Gaetz paid thousands for sex and drugs including paying a 17-year-old for sex in 2017”, in CNN[3]:
- The committee’s investigation into Gaetz began in 2021 but was put on hold while a separate, yearslong federal sex-trafficking investigation into the former congressman was underway.
Usage notes
[edit]- Although both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives make up the United States Congress, a member of the Senate is usually referred to only as a Senator, while a member of the House may be referred to as either Representative or Congressman or Congresswoman.
Translations
[edit]member of congress
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