committeeman

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   dated: a man who serves on a committee

   Each committeeman was elected for a three-year term.

2. 2
   noun

   US politics: a male local party official representing a district or precinct

   The ward committeeman organized volunteers for the municipal election.

A compound of committee + man, recorded from the eighteenth century. The general sense is now often replaced by the gender-neutral committee member; in US party organization, committeeman remains a specific office title in some jurisdictions.

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