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 Highlands and Islands MSP has spent 18 months as convener of Holyrood's education committee, where he led scrutiny of Dundee University's financial woes.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
He was challenged by committee convener Edward Mountain, of the Scottish Conservatives, who said he had found a decade of examining the ferries extremely frustrating.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
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
Now, horse! my provosts and baillies, And convener of the Trades, Dean o' Guild, and maister o' Merchants, The auld Lion craves your aids.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
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