A person who attends or participates in congresses; an advocate for congressional systems.
From congress + -ist (one who participates in or advocates). A variant formation similar to 'congressionist' but with slightly different historical usage patterns.
The proliferation of these '-ist' variants shows how English creates multiple options for the same concept, but most die out—we're left with 'congressman' as the survivor.
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