convener
Britishnoun
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a person who convenes or chairs a meeting, committee, etc, esp one who is specifically elected to do so
a convener of shop stewards
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the chairman and civic head of certain Scottish councils Compare provost
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The council's convener for city centre recovery, Angus Millar, said the measures would ensure Glasgow city centre remained a safe place to live, work and visit.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
But Seram Rojesh, convener of the Delhi Meitei Coordinating Committee, says lasting peace would require the "disarming of armed ethnic groups" that have played a role in the violence.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
The minister told its convener, Scottish Conservative MSP Douglas Ross, she did not believe it constituted a breach of the ministerial code.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
Edinburgh Council's education convener said at the time that the move would end the "competition" between phones and teachers for pupils' attention.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
Aberdeen University; for many years clerk to Presbytery of Meigle, and convener of committee for examining divinity students in St. Andrew's University.
From Noteworthy Families (Modern Science) An Index to Kinships in Near Degrees between Persons Whose Achievements Are Honourable, and Have Been Publicly Recorded by Galton, Francis, Sir
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