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n. One who convenes or meets with others.
n. One who calls an assembly together or convenes a meeting; hence, the chairman of a committee or other organized body.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who convenes or meets with others.
n. One who convenes or calls a meeting; in Scotland, one appointed to call together an organized body, as a committee, of which he is generally chairman: as, the convener of the Home Mission Committee.
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n. the member of a group whose duty it is to convene meetings
Word Usage
"The title our convener, Jean-Paul Riquelme chose for this session says it all."