Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

assemblyman

/əsˈɛmblimˌæn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: as-sem-bly-man
IPA: /əsˈɛmblimˌæn/

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A male member of an assembly.

noun

A member of the lower house of certain US state legislatures.

Example Sentences

""There is clearly a systemic problem," said Richard L. Brodsky, a Westchester assemblyman, who is sponsoring a bill to require that mercury gauges be replaced with nonmercury alternatives."
"Thomas P. DiNapoli, a Nassau County assemblyman also interested in the job, said he would voluntarily limit those contributions to $10,000, but said that eliminating them altogether would make it unduly hard for the nonwealthy to run for the office."
"Having just elected to return the arms in question to their Catholic owners, Maryland's assemblymen were not about to authorize Nicholson's order to reconfiscate the arms and risk stirring up the anger of the colony's Catholics."

Etymology

From assembly + -man.

Inflected Forms

assemblymen (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce assemblyman?: The recorded pronunciation is /əsˈɛmblimˌæn/.
What does assemblyman mean?: A male member of an assembly.
Where does assemblyman come from?: From assembly + -man.

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