committee
A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.
Example
“My uncle is on the committee.”
Other meanings
A guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after themselves.
Related words
- comitology
- committal
- committeeism
- committeeless
- concom
- supercommittee
- committee room
- by committee
- central committee
- school committee
- committeeing
- committeeman
Word history
From Latin "committere".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “committee” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.