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grɪs 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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| —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):
"Ye coxcomb Congressmen, declaimers keen, Brisk puppets of the Philadelphia scene ..."
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