COMMITTEE

committee, commission

(noun) a special group delegated to consider some matter; “a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours” - Milton Berle

committee, citizens committee

(noun) a self-constituted organization to promote something

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

committee (plural committees)

A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.

(archaic) A guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after himself or herself.

Hyponyms

• program committee

Source: Wiktionary

Com*mit"tee, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. comité company, and LL. comitatus jurisdiction or territory of a count, county, assize, army. The word was apparently influenced by the verb commit, but not directly formed from it. Cf. County.]

Definition: One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or bussiness is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together. Commitee of the whole [house], a committee, embracing all the members present, into which a legislative or deliberative body sometimes resolves itself, for the purpose of considering a particular measure under the operation of different rules from those governing the general legislative proceedings. The committee of the whole has its own chairman, and reports its action in the form of recommendations.

– Standing committee. See under Standing.

Com`mit*tee", n. Etym: [From Commit, v. t.] (Law)

Definition: One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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