congresswoman
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++con·gress·wom·an /ˈkɒŋɡrəsˌwʊmən $ ˈkɑːŋ-/ noun (plural congresswomen /-ˌwɪmɪn/) [countable] PGPPGOa woman who is a member of a congress, especially the US House of Representatives 国会女议员〔尤指美国众议员〕
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congresswoman• Is it the party that selected Susan Molinari, a moderate, pro-choice congresswoman, as its keynote speaker?• They do not talk about Lynn Woolsey, the Democratic congresswoman from California.• She was in New York for a community forum sponsored by the local congresswoman, Carolyn Maloney.• The couple said that then, at the recommendation of their own congresswoman, Rep.• But the second-term congresswoman is also an ardent champion of free trade.• The Martins asked their congresswoman what to do.• Karen Thurman, D-Fla., their congresswoman, and gave her the tape at her district office in Gainesville.• Their congresswoman told them to take their tape to the ethics committee and give it Rep.con·gress·wom·an nounChineseSyllable
woman a congress, of is Corpus a who a member
congresswoman
con‧gress‧wom‧an /ˈkɒŋɡrəsˌwʊmən, ˈkɒŋɡrɪsˌwʊmən $ ˈkɑːŋ-/
noun (plural congresswomen /-ˌwɪmɪn/) [countable]
a woman who is a member of a congress, especially the US House of Representatives
▪ politician someone who works in politics, especially an elected member of the government: senior politicians
▪statesman a political or government leader, especially one who is well-respected: a respected elder statesman | great statesmen like Roosevelt and Churchill | He would later describe the king as ‘one of the most brilliant statesmen I have ever been privileged to meet’.
▪MP/Member of Parliament in Britain, someone who has been elected to a parliament to represent people from a particular area of the country: Ken Newton, MP
▪congressman a man who is a member of a congress, especially the US House of Representatives: a Republican congressman
▪congresswoman a woman who is a member of a congress, especially the US House of Representatives: Mrs McKinney was the state’s first black congresswoman.
▪senator a member of the senate, especially in the US: Senator Clinton
▪representative in the US, a member of the House of Representatives: Democratic Representatives
▪mayor someone who has been elected to lead the government of a town or city: Boris Johnson was elected Mayor of London. | the former New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani
▪spin doctor someone who is used by a political party to influence people’s opinions by cleverly controlling what is reported in the news: The party spin doctors would like us to believe that the government is committed to improving the environment.
con‧gress‧wom‧an /ˈkɒŋɡrəsˌwʊmən, ˈkɒŋɡrɪsˌwʊmən $ ˈkɑːŋ-/
noun (plural congresswomen /-ˌwɪmɪn/) [countable]a woman who is a member of a congress, especially the US House of Representatives
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