单词 | congresswoman |
释义 | congresswomann. A woman holding a seat in the U.S. Congress. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in U.S.A. > member of > female congresswoman1918 1918 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Add. 1928 N.Y. Times 8 Nov. 28/3 The increasing number of ‘Congresswomen’ is but another indication of the larger part their sex is taking in the public life of the nation. 1946 H. L. Mencken in Amer. Speech 21 81 The Hon. Clare Boothe Luce of Connecticut, the only congresswoman who may be described plausibly as both cerebral and beautiful. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1918 |
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