congressman
congressman noun: a male member of congress.
Noun (1)
congressman (plural congressmen)
- A male member of congress.
- A male member of the House of Representatives.
- For strained metaphor this has not been equaled since a bloviant congressman began his eulogy upon Senator Vance with the words […]1919, Celebration Legal Essays: To Mark the Twenty-fifth Year of Service of John H ...
- There was a stampede as the congressmen jumped the banister in their hastes to be the first to sign away their souls.2017, Russell M. Peterson, The Armies of Forever, page 368
Noun (2) capitalized: Congressman
Congressman (plural Congressmen)
- The title for someone who is elected to be a congressman.
congressman meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Vietnamese
congressman in Tamil
- கட்சியைச் சேர்ந்தவர், அமெரிக்க நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்
congressman in Bengali
- কংগ্রেসম্যান
congressman in Malayalam
- കോൺഗ്രസ്സുകാരൻ, കോൺഗ്രസുകാരൻ
congressman in Vietnamese
- member of congress
- nghị sĩ
Examples of congressman in a sentence
- Washington is awfully deserted now that every congressman is out on the hustings.
- Congressman Jones was a lame duck and did not vote on many issues that were important to his constituents.
- Well, what happened to Espy is what happens to people whether you're a former congressman or not.
Forms of congressman
| plural | congressmen |
|---|---|
| plural | Congressmen |
Origin of congressman
From congress + -man.
Questions about congressman
- What does congressman mean?
- Congressman means a male member of congress.
- What is congressman in Tamil?
- Congressman in Tamil is கட்சியைச் சேர்ந்தவர், அமெரிக்க நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர். See Congressman meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is congressman?
- Congressman is a noun.
- What is the plural of congressman?
- The plural of congressman is congressmen.
Words near congressman in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: congressman (page history and authors); Congressman (page history and authors); congressman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); congressman (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); congressman (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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