单词 | member of congress |
释义 | > as lemmasMember of Congress 10. A person formally elected as a representative to a parliament or other legislative body. More fully Member of Parliament, (in the United States) Member of Congress, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > Member of Parliament member1454 parliament man1555 parliamentary1626 parliamenter1656 MP1764 parliamentarian1834 MSP1994 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 1454 Rolls of Parl. V. 240/1 Any persone that is a membre of this high Court of Parlement. 1477 Rolls of Parl. VI. 191/2 All the membres usually called to the forseid Parlementes. 1542 King Henry VIII in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) III. 395 But you muste remembre, that the heire of th'Erle of Thomond from hensforth, must abide his tyme to be admitted as a membre of our Parlyament, till his father or parent shalbe decessed. 1604 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 19 Mar. 3 f. 7 The intrusion of sundry gentlemen his Mjests servants and others (no members of Parliament) into the higher House. 1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη iii. 12 My going to the Hous of Commons to demand Justice upon the five Members, was an act, which My enemies loaded with all the obloquies and exasperations they could. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 8 Dec. (1948) II. 433 I dined with Dr. Cockburn, and after a Scotch member came in, and told us that the clause was carried against the Court in the house of lords. 1752 W. Kenrick Parodi-tragi-comical Satire ii. 11 You heard I suppose, I was chosen Member for our Borough, and that obliges me you know to attend the Parliament. 1774 G. Washington Writings (1889) II. 438 Dined at the State House, at an entertainment given by the city [of Philadelphia] to the members of the Congress. 1822 Ld. J. Russell in Select. Speeches (1870) I. 205 My hon. Friend the member for Winchelsea. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 175 The Commons began by resolving that every member should [etc.]. 1884 H. C. Bunner in B. Matthews & H. C. Bunner In Partnership 83 The member from New Jersey..engaged him in debate. 1949 Sooner Mag. (Norman, Oklahoma) June 22/3 Before joining the Foreign Service he was Secretary to a member of Congress for a year. 1977 H. Kaplan Damascus Cover (1978) v. 54 [He] is a member of the Syrian Parliament. 1991 Pink Paper 30 Mar. 5/1 Hazel Hannan [is] a member of the House of Keys (MHK) and a key figure in the reform campaign. < as lemmas |
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