congressman

See also: Congressman

English

Etymology

congress +‎ -man

Noun

congressman (plural congressmen)

1. A male member of congress.
2. (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), 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
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• Icelandic: þingmaður m
• Italian: membro del congresso m
• Japanese: 議員 (ja) (ぎいん, giin)
• Korean: 의원 (ko) (uiwon)
• Kurdish: kongrevan (mêr),
• Portuguese: congressista (pt) m or f, deputado federal m
• Russian: конгрессме́н (ru) m (kongressmén)
• Spanish: congresista m or f
• Vietnamese: nghị sĩ (vi)

See also

• congresswoman
• senator