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单词 congressperson
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congresspersonn.

Forms: Also C-. Plural congresspersons; also (by substitution) congresspeople.
Etymology: < Congressman n. or Congresswoman n., after chairperson, etc.: see person n. 2f.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcongressperson.
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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