one of the two houses of a bicameral legislature: usually the larger and more representative house
Also called: lower chamber
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
low′er house′
(lō′ər),USA pronunciation
- Governmentone of two branches of a legislature, generally more representative and with more members than the upper branch.
- 1570–80
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'lower house' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Althing
- Bundestag
- Dáil Éireann
- Folketing
- House of Commons
- House of Delegates
- House of Keys
- Lok Sabha
- Reichstag
- Rigsdag
- Riksdag
- Storting
- Supreme Soviet
- assembly
- assembly district
- assemblyman
- assemblyperson
- assemblywoman
- chamber of deputies
- congress
- delegate
- duma
- house of assembly
- impeachment
- lower chamber
- prolocutor
- representative
- upper house