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Congressman

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A man who is a member of the U.S. Congress, especially of the House of Representatives.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A male member of congress.

n. A male member of the House of Representatives

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A member of the United States Congress, especially of the House of Representatives.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a member of the United States House of Representatives

Word Usage

"While Mr. Hoeffel, a former three-term congressman, is short on campaign funds, he will probably do well in Philadelphia and its four suburban counties, which have many liberal-leaning Democrats."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

legislator

Cross Reference

congresswoman

Hyponym

rep

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

legislator senator staffers law-makers lawmaker