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n. A group of people officially delegated to perform a function, such as investigating, considering, reporting, or acting on a matter. See Usage Note at collective noun.

n. Archaic A person to whom a trust or charge is committed.

n. a group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols

n. a guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after himself or herself.

n. One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together.

n. One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.

n. One or more individuals to whom the care of the person or estate of another, as a lunatic, an imbecile, an inebriate, or an infant in law, is committed by the judge of a competent court.

n. One or more persons elected or appointed to attend to any matter or business referred to them, as by a legislative body, a court, corporation, society, etc.

n. a self-constituted organization to promote something

n. a special group delegated to consider some matter

"It is, doubtless, in humble imitation of such illustrious examples, that an Irishman of the lowest class, when he means to express that he is a member of a committee, says, _I am a committee_; thus consolidating the power, wisdom, and virtue of a whole committee in his own person."

select committee    standing committee    committee of the whole    riding committee    joint committee    committees of correspondence   

committeeman    subcommittee    committeeperson    committeewoman   

guardian    trustee    body   

City    Kitty    bitty    chitty    city    ditty    gritty    itty    itty-bitty    kitty   

council    commission    organization    department    director    official    staff    meeting    representative    member