assemblyman

assemblyman
/euh sem"blee meuhn/, n., pl. assemblymen.
(sometimes cap.) a member of a legislative assembly, esp. a member of the lower house of the legislature in certain states of the U.S.
[1640-50; ASSEMBLY + -MAN]
Usage. See -man.

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