congressman

See also: Congressman

English

Etymology

congress +‎ -man

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

congressman (plural congressmen, feminine congresswoman)

A male member of congress.
(US) A male member of the House of Representatives.

Usage notes

Although both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives make up the United States Congress, a member of the Senate is usually referred to only as "Senator", while a member of the House may be referred to as either "Representative" or "Congressman"/"Congresswoman".

Translations

member of congress

Armenian: կոնգրեսական (hy) (kongresakan)
Catalan: congressista m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 國會議員／国会议员 (zh) (guóhuì yìyuán)
Czech: kongresman m
Finnish: kongressin jäsen, kansanedustaja (fi)
French: membre du Congrès m
German: Mitglied des Kongresses n, Mitglied der gesetzgebenden Versammlung n
Greek: βουλευτής (el) m (vouleftís)
Hungarian: kongresszusi képviselő
Icelandic: þingmaður m
Italian: membro del congresso m
Japanese: 議員 (ja) (ぎいん, giin)
Korean: 의원(議員) (ko) (uiwon)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kongrevan (ku) (mêr), kongresman (ku)
Polish: kongresman m, kongresmen (pl) m
Portuguese: congressista (pt) m or f, deputado federal m
Romanian: congresmen m
Russian: конгрессме́н (ru) m (kongressmén)
Spanish: congresista m or f
Vietnamese: nghị sĩ (vi)

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