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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman who is a member of the US Congress, especially of the House of Representatives.
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- noun A
female member ofcongress - noun US A female member of the House of Representatives
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- noun a member of the United States House of Representatives
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Examples
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This excuse of a congresswoman is the biggest fiasco (and danger) that ever happened to U.S. politics.
Pelosi: When I take health care bill to the floor, 'it will win' 2009
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Radar Online, which has exclusively obtained the pictures, explains the wrinkle that is likely to be more significant than the six-term congresswoman showing a little cleavage:
GOP Congresswoman Caught In Sexually Suggestive Photos Nick Wing 2011
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Ferraro had been a schoolteacher, prosecutor and three-term congresswoman from New York before the 1984 Democratic nominee for president, Walter Mondale, asked her to be his running mate.
Geraldine Ferraro, 75, recalled as political trailblazer 2011
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Both Panetta and McHugh are former House colleagues of Slaughter, a 13-term congresswoman.
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The lingering, large question is whether Giffords will be able and wanting to return to her work as a third-term congresswoman, and when, but her doctors say that question is unanswerable, for now.
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Radar Online, which has exclusively obtained the pictures, explains the wrinkle that is likely to be more significant than the six-term congresswoman showing a little cleavage:
GOP Congresswoman Caught In Sexually Suggestive Photos Nick Wing 2011
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Six people died in the shooting rampage as Giffords, a third-term congresswoman, met with constituents at a grocery store in Tucson.
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This congresswoman is one more example of the American corporatocracy in action.
Matthew Yglesias » El Qaeda: Tomorrow’s Horrible Foreign Policy Idea 2010
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The shooting targeted Giffords and left the three-term congresswoman in critical condition after a bullet passed through her head.
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My “Democratic” congresswoman is hiding in the corner afraid to say anything on health care because she is a conservative on most issues; by contrast the neighboring district is led by a genuine progressive.
Matthew Yglesias » Presidential Opinion Polarization on the Rise 2010
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