Definition of "congressperson" [congressperson]

• A congressman or congresswoman. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Being a congressperson is a lot of details, meetings, and mundane crap."
• "I have been advised that contacting a congressperson is a good route to go."
• "Somebody gets trampled to death or a duly elected congressperson is injured or worse by some extremist following the dictates of their fanatical leaders?"