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CONGRESSMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does congressman mean?
• CONGRESSMAN (noun)
The noun CONGRESSMAN has 1 sense:
1. a member of the United States House of Representatives
Familiarity information: CONGRESSMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the United States House of Representatives
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
congressman; congresswoman; representative
Hypernyms ("congressman" is a kind of...):
legislator (someone who makes or enacts laws)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "congressman"):
rep (informal abbreviation of 'representative')
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