congressman
IPA: kˈɑŋgrʌsmʌn
noun
- A male member of congress.
- (US) A male member of the House of Representatives.
- The title for someone who is elected to be a congressman.
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Examples of "congressman" in Sentences
- Sestak left the Navy in January 2006 and is now a second-term congressman from the Philadelphia suburbs.
- Now he is putting his executive operation in the hands of a three-term congressman from the Polish and Catholic precincts of District 5 and a onetime protege of Mayor Richard M. Daley.
- Mr. Blumenauer, a seven-term congressman, is bracing for a tough vote on sending more troops to Afghanistan while he frets about the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay remaining open.
- While Mr. Hoeffel, a former three-term congressman, is short on campaign funds, he will probably do well in Philadelphia and its four suburban counties, which have many liberal-leaning Democrats.
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