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committeeman

[kuh-mit-ee-muhn, -man]

com·mit·tee·man

[kuh-mit-ee-muhn, -man]
noun, plural -men [-muhn, -men] .
1.
a member of a committee.
2.
the leader of a political ward or precinct.

Origin:
1645–55; committee + man1


See -man.

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committeeman (kəˈmɪtɪmən, -ˌmæn)
 
n , pl -men
chiefly (US) a member of one or more committees
 
com'mitteewoman
 
fem n

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