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ˈsubcommittee
Formerly subcoˈmmittee.
[sub- 7 b.]
A committee formed from and acting under a main committee; a part of a committee appointed for special purposes.
1610in Crt. & Times Jas. I (1848) I. 113 This day a sub⁓committee is appointed to consider [etc.]. 1621H. Elsing Debates Ho. Lords (Camden) 98 Referred to the Sub-comittees of the priviledges. 1666Pepys Diary 5 Oct., The Sub⁓committee have made their report to the Grand Committee. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 4 By acting as a sort of sub-committee in England for extending the principles of the National Assembly. 1823Jefferson Writ. (1830) IV. 376 The committee of five met; no such thing as a sub-committee was proposed. 1898‘Merriman’ Roden's Corner vii. 69 The meeting of the lady committees of the bazaar and ball sub⁓committees. |