congressional district
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Noun (1)
- a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of RepresentativesType of district, territoryPart of American state
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Congressional District
one of the divisions into which a State is periodically divided (according to population), each of which is entitled to elect a Representative to the Congress of the United States.
From the entry Congressional.
Congressional district
. See under Congressional.
From the entry District.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54