Definition of congressman
: a member of a congress; especially : a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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a former congressman who is now a senator
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That finding explains why a computer scientist turned congressman in a state that's literally washing away would reflexively bang out a statement applauding the president.
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In May, disgraced ex-N.Y. congressman Anthony Weiner pleaded guilty to a federal obscenity charge for sexting with a 15-year-old girl, using social media believed to include Kik.
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There were congressmen, state lawmakers and state Supreme Court justices.
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As a freshman congressman, Lowry proposed the first legislation to give financial reparations to more than 100,000 Japanese Americans and Aleuts for their World War II internment in prison camps.
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Steve King, the Republican congressman for this predominantly white, conservative district, blames immigrants and refugees for pushing down wages, bringing unwelcome cultural diversity and burdening public services.
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For generations, visitors to the cemetery and descendants of those buried there have complained, calling congressmen and writing letters.
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Former U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, a major league pitching star who took his aggressive, no-nonsense brand of competitiveness into the game of politics as a congressman and senator from Kentucky, has died at the age of 85.
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Kinzinger, a Republican from Channahon, has visited Afghanistan as a congressman and flown missions there as an Air National Guard pilot.
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First Known Use of congressman
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CONGRESSMAN Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of congressman for English Language Learners
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: someone (especially a man) who is a member of a congress and especially of the U.S. House of Representatives
CONGRESSMAN Defined for Kids
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\-mən\: a member of a congress and especially of the United States House of Representatives
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congressmen
: a member of Congress; especially : a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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