assemblymember en · NOUN
Etymology
From assembly + member.
Meanings
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A person who serves as a member of an assembly.
Another New Jersey assemblymember characterized the majority of his colleagues as follows: "It's like their life depends on it. It's their thing. It becomes an obsession, all the politics, the maneuvering, making deals".
1986, Gerald M. Pomper, The Political State of New Jersey, page 122:Louis Louaillier, a U.S. citizen, journalist, and assemblymember, wrote in his local newspaper, The Louisiana Courier, that detainees should go to a civil judge...
2013, Anthony Gregory, The Power of Habeas Corpus in America: From the King's Prerogative to the War on Terror, page 74:Shortly before her May 1972 Denver press conference Maggie contacted Hope Bagger, eighty-one, who in March had convinced her assemblymember, Franz Leichter, to introduce a bill banning mandatory retirement in New York state.
2011, Roger Sanjek, Gray Panthers, page 94:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| assemblymembers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |