congressperson

noun

con·gress·per·son ˈkäŋ-(g)rəs-ˌpər-sən

variants or congress person

plural congresspeople ˈkäŋ-(g)rəs-ˌpē-pəl

or congress people also congresspersons or congress persons

: a member of a congress and especially of the U.S. House of Representatives : a congressman or congresswoman

Examples of congressperson in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Every few minutes, someone else — a former congressperson, a prominent downtown investor, the restaurant’s scion — stopped to shake hands. —

Grayson Haver Currin, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024 Unlike the other possibilities — most of them small-state governors and obscure congresspersons — Pompeo comes fully vetted in a year when the media will surely give Trump’s choice a full, head-to-toe body scan. —

Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 27 Mar. 2024 The app featured a full-screen prompt for users to enter their zip codes and receive the number for their congressperson to call and urge against a TikTok ban. —

Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 15 Mar. 2024 A little poking around into Hudson's background reveals that the congressperson is a stickler for the rules and an expert in finding out secrets. —

Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 15 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for congressperson

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Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of congressperson was in 1916

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“Congressperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/congressperson. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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