assemblyman

American  

[uh-sem-blee-muhn] / əˈsɛm bli mən /

noun

• assemblymen
  plural

1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of a legislative assembly, especially a member of the lower house of the legislature in certain states of the United States.

---

assemblyman British  

/ əˈsɛmblɪmən /

noun

1. (sometimes capital) a member of an assembly, esp a legislature

---

Gender

Is assemblyman gender-neutral? See -man.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• assemblymen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of assemblyman

First recorded in 1640–50; assembly + -man

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

assemblyman assemblymen

Leading the Future worked to defeat New York state assemblyman Alex Bores, who sponsored the state’s new AI law, which aimed to impose safety measures on developers, such as security protocols and incident reports.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

He lost to Micah Lasher, a state assemblyman endorsed by Nadler.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

But the tide is shifting there, and Transformer, a news site covering A.I., reported that over $4.5 million has been spent in support of the New York assemblyman.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

Mamdani — a Muslim, Ugandan-born state assemblyman of Indian descent — beat Cuomo first in the Democratic ranked-choice primary in June.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025

So even though he was a rising political star as a young state assemblyman, he packed up and moved to the Wild West, where he had bought a ranch.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

A number of other Democrats have also announced campaigns for NY-12, including state assemblymen Micah Lasher and Alex Bores, and veteran journalist Jami Floyd.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

Election Commission chief Abdul Ghani Salleh said Wednesday that over 9.7 million voters will head to the ballot box on Aug. 12 to elect 245 assemblymen for six states.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2023

“A handful of florid assemblymen, wearing green hats, were reading Pat-and-Mike jokes into the record. I still think of the legislators that way.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2021

For much of the twentieth century, the real power in American politics rested not with U.S. representatives or senators but with the governors, mayors, and assemblymen who controlled local purse strings.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 25, 2018

Well, the Remsen managers were afraid of bein' beaten and they went around offerin' to make trades with senators and assemblymen who had bills they were anxious to pass.

From Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon by George Washington Plunkitt