单词 | congressman-at-large |
释义 | congressman-at-large in British English (ˌkɒŋɡrɛsmənətˈlɑːdʒ) noun (in the US) a member of the House of Representatives who was elected by the voters of an entire state as opposed to the voters of a single Congressional district congressman-at-large in American English (ˈkɑŋɡrɪsmənətˈlɑːrdʒ) nounWord forms: plural congressmen-at-large (ˈkɑŋɡrɪsmənətˈlɑːrdʒ) a U.S. congressman who is elected from a state as a whole and not from a district Word origin [1880–85, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barnstorm, highball, interface, jackpot, quotation mark |
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