单词 | congressperson |
释义 | congresspersonn. U.S. A member of the U.S. Congress (used as a common-gender form). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in U.S.A. > member of Member of Congress1774 Congressman1780 state senator1800 M.C.1832 freshman1892 majority leader1909 Minority Leader1909 congressperson1972 1972 Village Voice (N.Y.) 1 June 4/3 Only if you have an Ed Koch or a Bella Abzug for a Congressperson..then may be the District Attorney might be pressured into calling a grand jury. 1976 B. Bova Multiple Man x. 104 The people...[will] lean on their Congresspersons to get the job done. 1980 New Age (U.S.) Oct. 4/3 I sent letters to many congresspeople. 1981 J. K. Galbraith Life in Our Times xxx. 485 Chairperson, Congressperson, Policeperson—have the jarring sound of any new construction. 1986 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 6 Mar. iii. 25/4 I tell them to call their congresspersons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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