committee

[ kuh-mit-ee ]
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noun
  1. a person or group of persons elected or appointed to perform some service or function, as to investigate, report on, or act upon a particular matter.

  1. Law. an individual to whom the care of a person or a person's estate is committed.

Origin of committee

1
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Anglo-French; see commit, -ee

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  • com·mit·tee·ism, com·mit·tee·ship, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for committee

committee

noun
  1. (kəˈmɪtɪ) a group of people chosen or appointed to perform a specified service or function

  2. (ˌkɒmɪˈtiː) (formerly) a person to whom the care of a mentally incompetent person or his property was entrusted by a court: See also receiver (def. 2)

Origin of committee

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C15: from committen to entrust + -ee

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