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congressman

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A male member of congress.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A male member of the House of Representatives.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

a member of the United States House of Representatives

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: congresswoman, representative

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: legislator

Narrower terms: rep

History

Etymology

From congress + -man.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կոնգրեսական (kongresakan) — member of congress
  • Catalan: congressista — member of congress
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國會議員 /国会议员 (guóhuì yìyuán) — member of congress
  • Czech: kongresman — member of congress
  • Finnish: kongressin jäsen — member of congress
  • Finnish: kansanedustaja — member of congress
  • French: membre du Congrès — member of congress
  • Georgian: კონგრესმენი (ḳongresmeni) — member of congress
  • German: Mitglied des Kongresses — member of congress
  • German: Mitglied der gesetzgebenden Versammlung — member of congress
  • Greek: βουλευτής (vouleftís) — member of congress
  • Hungarian: kongresszusi képviselő — member of congress
  • Icelandic: þingmaður — member of congress
  • Italian: membro del congresso — member of congress
  • Japanese: 議員 (giin) — member of congress
  • Korean: 의원 (uiwon) — member of congress
  • Northern Kurdish: kongrevan (mêr) — member of congress
  • Northern Kurdish: kongresman — member of congress
  • Macedonian: ко́нгресмен (kóngresmen) — member of congress
  • Polish: kongresman — member of congress
  • Polish: kongresmen — member of congress
  • Portuguese: congressista — member of congress
  • Portuguese: deputado federal — member of congress
  • Romanian: congresmen — member of congress
  • Russian: конгрессме́н (kongressmén) — member of congress
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̀нгресмен — member of congress
  • Serbo-Croatian: kòngresmen — member of congress
  • Spanish: congresista — member of congress
  • Ukrainian: конгресме́н (konhresmén) — member of congress
  • Vietnamese: nghị sĩ — member of congress
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