house of representatives

noun

plural houses of representatives

: the lower house of a legislative body

—often used in capitalized form to refer to a specific lower house

the U.S. House of Representatives

However, Canberra MP Dr Andrew Leigh tabled the petition in the House of Representatives on Monday afternoon …

—Josh Butler

Examples of house of representatives in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the Knesset, the Israeli house of representatives, Simcha Rothman of the right-wing Zionism Party serves as the chair of the constitution, law and justice committee. —Sean Keane, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2024

By the time she is sworn in as president on Oct. 1, Morena’s coalition will have a supermajority in the house of representatives and a simple majority in the Senate. —Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024

The Ohio house of representatives has overridden DeWine’s veto. —David Harsanyi, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024

Since North Carolina’s governor can’t veto redistricting plans, all that’s left is for final votes in the state house of representatives and state senate. —Matt Ford, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2023

In the massachusetts statehouse, high above the gallery in the house of representatives, directly opposite the painting of John Hancock proposing the Bill of Rights, there hangs a five-foot-long wooden codfish. —Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019

Before 1992, Peru’s 180-seat house of representatives and 60-seat senate had to agree on the terms of impeachment before booting the head of state. —Marcelo Rochabrun, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1693, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

house of representatives

: the lower house of a legislative body (as the U.S. Congress)

Legal Definition

house of representatives

: the lower house of a legislative body

especially, capitalized H&R : the lower house of the U.S. Congress or a state legislature