committee

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a special group delegated to consider some matter

   a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours - Milton Berle

2. 2
   noun

   A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.

   My uncle is on the committee.

3. 3
   noun

   a self-constituted organization to promote something

4. 4
   noun

   A guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after themselves.

5. 5
   noun

   Alternative form of kameti.

Etymology

From commit + -ee, or else revival of Anglo-Norman commite, past participle of commettre (“to commit”), from Latin committere, from con- (“with”) + mittere (“to send”). The OED3 prefers the first etymology.