congressman

noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

bloviant, new

VERB + CONGRESSMAN

call, contact, married, served, worked, write

CONGRESSMAN + NOUN

eulogy, francis, hopkinson, john, lewis, news, senator

PREP.

in, since

Definitions

noun

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 […]

There was a stampede as the congressmen jumped the banister in their hastes to be the first to sign away their souls.

noun

The title for someone who is elected to be a congressman.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a member of the United States House of Representatives

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

For strained metaphor this has not been equaled since a bloviant congressman began his eulogy upon Senator Vance with the words […]

Wiktionary

There was a stampede as the congressmen jumped the banister in their hastes to be the first to sign away their souls.

Wiktionary

Two US congressmen on Tuesday made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan as the US races to evacuate as many people as possible from the country in the remaining days of the US military presence there,

Wiktionary

The Congressman broke the news of conspiracy and made no bones about taking drastic action against it.

Tatoeba · #47837

He had served as a congressman and senator.

Tatoeba · #803221

Each congressman could vote.

Tatoeba · #804302

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, congressman is marked as US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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