CONGRESSWOMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does congresswoman mean? 

• CONGRESSWOMAN (noun)
  The noun CONGRESSWOMAN has 1 sense:

1. a member of the United States House of Representatives

  Familiarity information: CONGRESSWOMAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONGRESSWOMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the United States House of Representatives

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

congressman; congresswoman; representative

Hypernyms ("congresswoman" is a kind of...):

legislator (someone who makes or enacts laws)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "congresswoman"):

rep (informal abbreviation of 'representative')