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committeeman

American  
[kuh-mit-ee-muhn, -man] / kəˈmɪt i mən, -ˌmæn /

noun

  • committeemen
    plural
  1. a member of a committee.

  2. the leader of a political ward or precinct.

  3. shop steward.


committeeman British  
/ kəˈmɪtɪmən, -ˌmæn /

noun

  1. a member of one or more committees

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Gender

Is committeeman gender-neutral? See -man.

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Etymology

Origin of committeeman

First recorded in 1645–55; committee + man


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Brock did recognize, however, the potential for the committee to reconfigure its financial plan to do so upon request, which the Tennessee committeeman said he'd be against.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2024

“It has been very challenging for the Republican Party at the national level to raise money,” said Steven Friars, a national committeeman from Rhode Island.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024

He currently serves as the national committeeman for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was previous treasurer of the Republican National Committee and chaired the site selection committee for the 2020 Republican National Convention.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 26, 2023

He became a talking head on local and cable news, a celebrated activist for gay rights, a national committeeman for the Democratic Party.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023

Emerson led to Montaigne, whose essays, in an old edition which I had from the Mechanics' Institute, of which my father was a committeeman, delighted me beyond words.

From Confessions of a Book-Lover by Maurice Francis Egan

Several members were elected party committeemen in 2020, and others ran unsuccessfully for legislative and municipal office.

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2022

Arkansas Republicans will be selecting 25 delegates and 25 alternates at a special meeting of the state committee - a collection of roughly 350 county chairmen, committeemen and women, elected officials and others.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 21, 2020

Today you've got guys who aren't even Tiger Woods who are constantly fawned over by fans and sucked up to by tournament committeemen.

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 8, 2019

She and her husband are now Conservative Party committeemen in the town of Evans.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2017

These committeemen, actual workers and acquainted with all the old timers in the business, could do more real organizing in a day with their tradesmen than regular organizers could in a month.

From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by William Z. Foster

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