congressman
noun
con·gress·man
ˈkäŋ-(g)rəs-mən 
: a member of a congress
especially
: a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Examples of congressman in a Sentence
a former congressman who is now a senator
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His maternal great-grandfather was a Pittsburgh city councilman and his grandfather was a Democratic U.S. congressman.
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Marc Malkin, Variety, 24 Sep. 2024
Father Rubens Paiva was a Brazilian congressman who opposed the dictatorship.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024
More recently, Greg Landsman, a Democratic congressman from Ohio, revealed a bit of scripture written in Hebrew on one shoulder.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
In 2023, Mark Meadows, a former North Carolina congressman who was Donald Trump's chief of staff, was indicted in Georgia for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 21 Sep. 2024
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Marc Malkin, Variety, 24 Sep. 2024
Father Rubens Paiva was a Brazilian congressman who opposed the dictatorship.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024
More recently, Greg Landsman, a Democratic congressman from Ohio, revealed a bit of scripture written in Hebrew on one shoulder.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
In 2023, Mark Meadows, a former North Carolina congressman who was Donald Trump's chief of staff, was indicted in Georgia for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 21 Sep. 2024
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“Congressman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/congressman. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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congressman
noun
con·gress·man
ˈkäŋ-grəs-mən
: a member of a congress
especially
: a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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