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[ kong -gris-muh n ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈkɒŋ grɪs mən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun, plural con·gress·men. (often initial capital letter ) a member of a congress, especially of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Origin of congressman An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; congress + -man
usage note for congressman See -man.
Words nearby congressman congress boot, congressional, congressional district, Congressional Medal of Honor, Congressional Record, congressman , congressman-at-large, congressmember, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Congress of Vienna, Congress on Racial Equality
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Example sentences from the Web for congressman Remember the Christian congressman caught snogging a staffer?
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The congressman traces his belief in Santa Claus back 40 years, when he was a student going to college “on the GI Bill.”
Kerry Bentivolio: The Congressman Who Believes in Santa Claus | Ben Jacobs| December 24, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The future congressman also had some spaghetti but no sauce.
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Meet the outgoing Michigan Republican congressman who switched his vote and kept the government funded Thursday.
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Edwin Edwards has been a governor, a congressman , and a federal prisoner.
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With the congressman 's secretary and the teacher Carol leased a small flat.
Main Street | Sinclair Lewis
Now, working his way through the crowd comes a United States Congressman , and yonder is the president of a railroad.
The Indians of the Painted Desert Region | George Wharton James
There was no Congressman who did not know perfectly well that the people wanted Jackson rather than Adams.
A History of the United States | Cecil Chesterton
But it was possible to answer certain falsehoods, especially when uttered by some Senator or Congressman of note.
Theodore Roosevelt | Theodore Roosevelt
The old house passed into the hands of my elder sister, who is married to a Congressman from the West.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, October, 1864 | Various
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British Dictionary definitions for congressman noun plural -men (in the US) a male member of Congress, esp of the House of Representatives
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