ˈCongressman
A member of Congress (in U.S.).
| 1780 The American Times iii. 28 Ye coxcomb Congressmen, declaimers keen. 1806 Fisher Ames Wks. (1854) I. 349 And I consider too, how unreasonable it is to expect a Congressman can fill letter after letter with important matter. a 1834 Dow Serm. III. 137 (Bartl.), Our congressmen, my dear hearers, what are they? Nothing but bloodsuckers upon the cheek of the United States. 1888 Bryce Amer. Commw. I. xiv. 197 note, The term ‘Congressman’ is commonly used to describe a member of the House of Representatives, though of course it ought to include senators also. |