assemblywoman

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noun

A female member of an assembly.

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Meanings

nounassemblywoman (plural assemblywomen)

plural assemblywomen

  1. A female member of an assembly.
  2. A member of the lower house of certain US state legislatures.

    A state assemblywoman from suburban Buffalo was punished on Wednesday after an ethics investigation found that she had had a sexual relationship with a staff member in her office, then retaliated against him when he complained about her behavior.

    2016 March 9, Vivian Yee, “New York Assemblywoman Is Punished After Sexual Relationship With Aide”, in The New York Times
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    The women were also subjected to “stories of his escapades with prostitutes, strip clubs, affairs with assemblywomen and massages with ‘happy endings,’ ” according to a letter that the lawyer, Johnny G. Destino, sent to Mr. Silver on Thursday.

    2013 December 20, Thomas Kaplan, “3 Aides Say Assemblyman Sexually Harassed Them”, in The New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Englishassembly
  2. Proto-Germanic*wībą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*wīb
  4. Old Englishwīf
  5. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  6. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  8. Old Englishmann
  9. Old Englishwīfmann
  10. Middle Englishwoman
  11. Englishassemblywoman

From assembly + -woman.

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APA

assemblywoman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assemblywoman

MLA

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Chicago

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