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.

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assemblyman British  

/ əˈsɛmblɪmən /

noun

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

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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

In just a year, Mamdani—an immigrant from Uganda of South Asian descent—has gone from a virtually unknown state assemblyman to a rising star in the Democratic Party.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026

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

Hunt got his fellow assemblymen to vote for it — they even liked the idea of making three states, named Shasta, Colorado and California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2021

Pho’s application was supported by two assemblymen, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and much of the city council.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2019

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

The assemblymen could protest in the street, but for all practical purposes they had ceased to exist.

From The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem