assemblymember

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noun

A person who serves as a member of an assembly.

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Meanings

nounassemblymember (plural assemblymembers)

plural assemblymembers

  1. A person who serves as a member of an assembly.

    Louis Louaillier, a U.S. citizen, journalist, and assemblymember, wrote in his local newspaper, The Louisiana Courier, that detainees should go to a civil judge...

    2013, Anthony Gregory, The Power of Habeas Corpus in America: From the King's Prerogative to the War on Terror, page 74
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    Another New Jersey assemblymember characterized the majority of his colleagues as follows: "It's like their life depends on it. It's their thing. It becomes an obsession, all the politics, the maneuvering, making deals".

    1986, Gerald M. Pomper, The Political State of New Jersey, page 122

    Shortly before her May 1972 Denver press conference Maggie contacted Hope Bagger, eighty-one, who in March had convinced her assemblymember, Franz Leichter, to introduce a bill banning mandatory retirement in New York state.

    2011, Roger Sanjek, Gray Panthers, page 94

    Synonyms: assemblyman, assemblyperson, assemblywoman

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who serves as a member of an assembly.

Origin

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APA

assemblymember. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assemblymember

MLA

“assemblymember.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assemblymember. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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