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con⋅gress⋅wom⋅an

[kong-gris-woom-uhn]
–noun, plural -wom⋅en. (often initial capital letter)
a female member of a congress, esp. of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Origin:
1915–20; congress + -woman


See -woman.
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con·gress·wom·an   (kŏng'grĭs-wŏŏm'ən)   
n.  A woman member of the U.S. Congress, especially of the House of Representatives.
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Main Entry: con·gress·wom·an
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural con·gress·wom·en
: a female member of Congress; especially : a female member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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