congressman

 [kong-gris-muhn]   Origin

con·gress·man

   [kong-gris-muhn]
noun, plural con·gress·men. (often initial capital letter)
a member of a congress, especially of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Origin:
1770–80, Americanism; congress + -man

Usage note
See -man.

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Congressman (ˈkɒŋɡrɛsmən)
 
—n , pl -men
(in the US) a male member of Congress, esp of the House of Representatives

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congressman
1780, in ref. to U.S. Congress, and it first appears in a piece of abuse (written by a Loyalist):
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"Ye coxcomb Congressmen, declaimers keen, Brisk puppets of the Philadelphia scene ..."
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