单词 | committeeman |
释义 | > as lemmascommitteeman committeeman n. a man or (occasionally) a woman who belongs to a committee or committees; a member of a committee. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > committee > member of committee1571 committeeman1642 committee member1648 1642 Orders Comm. Militia Middlesex (single sheet) The severall Captains and Committee-men..do select and place in chief within their List, the prime men that serve with their own Arms. 1793 T. Pennant Lit. Life 107 I objected in that letter..to all party-associations, and for myself decline the honors of committee-man. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. I. v. 27 The deputies..were anciently called committee-men; each town being said to send a committee or deputation to the legislature. 1920 Everybody's Mag. Nov. 86/2 The morning session was over;..the wide verandas were thick with speakers, committeemen, delegates, super-delegates and reporters. 1997 Daily Herald (Chicago) 20 Mar. (DuPage County ed.) i. 9/3 She became a committeeman and ascended to chairwoman soon after. 2008 Indianapolis Star 11 Jan. (State ed.) b8/2 On Sunday, Republican 7th District precinct committeemen and ward chairmen will gather to hear from candidates. < as lemmas |
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