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congressman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From congress + -man.

Meanings

1. A male member of congress.
2. (US) A male member of the House of Representatives.
   • For strained metaphor this has not been equaled since a bloviant congressman began his eulogy upon Senator Vance with the words […] 1919, Celebration Legal Essays: To Mark the Twenty-fifth Year of Service of John H ...:
   • There was a stampede as the congressmen jumped the banister in their hastes to be the first to sign away their souls. 2017, Russell M. Peterson, The Armies of Forever, page 368:
   • 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. 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:
   • 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. 2021 August 24, Devan Cole, Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, “Two congressmen traveled to Afghanistan amid frantic evacuation efforts”, in CNN:

Forms

Relateds

congresswoman · senator

Translations (30)

de Mitglied der gesetzgebenden Versammlung (member of congress) · pt congressista (member of congress) · ro congresmen (member of congress) · es congresista (member of congress) · de Mitglied des Kongresses (member of congress) · pt deputado federal (member of congress) · ca congressista (member of congress) · mk ко́нгресмен (member of congress) · ja 議員 (member of congress) · sh kòngresmen (member of congress) · pl kongresman (member of congress) · it membro del congresso (member of congress) · cmn 國會議員 /国会议员 (member of congress) · hu kongresszusi képviselő (member of congress) · el βουλευτής (member of congress) · hy կոնգրեսական (member of congress) · fi kongressin jäsen (member of congress) · fr membre du Congrès (member of congress) · kmr kongrevan (mêr) (member of congress) · ru конгрессме́н (member of congress) · vi nghị sĩ (member of congress) · uk конгресме́н (member of congress) · cs kongresman (member of congress) · sh ко̀нгресмен (member of congress) · fi kansanedustaja (member of congress) · kmr kongresman (member of congress) · ka კონგრესმენი (member of congress) · pl kongresmen (member of congress) · ko 의원 (member of congress) · is þingmaður (member of congress)