assembly district

American  

noun

U.S.

1. one of a fixed number of districts into which a state is divided, each district electing one member to the lower house of the state legislature.

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Etymology

Origin of assembly district

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

Around 73% of residents came from the old 17th District, where Mr. Lawler’s assembly district is based.

From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2022

“While it is regretful that the Commission itself was unable to ‘ascertain and determine’ a new general assembly district plan,” Huffman and Cupp argued, “it certainly was not for lack of trying.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2022

As a result, thieves feel emboldened to commit crimes because of the soft penalties, said Kiley, whose assembly district includes portions of Sacramento County, northeast of San Francisco.

From Fox News • Feb. 16, 2022

Around the room, the machines’ shabby curtains snap open and bang shut; the vestal poll-watchers bend low over their thick volumes; and once again I have forgotten the number of my assembly district.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 5, 2018

Dr. Gould quotes as an instance of it the experience of an assembly district leader in distributing political circulars among the people in a good tenement neighborhood.

From The Battle with the Slum by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)