"committeeman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: committeemen [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English committee English -man English committeeman From committee + -man. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|committee|-man|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English committee English -man English committeeman From committee + -man. Head templates: {{en-noun|committeemen}} committeeman (plural committeemen)
  1. A man who is a member of a committee
    Sense id: en-committeeman-en-noun-MjVoT9kF Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 51 49
  2. (US) A man who is a local leader of a political party Tags: US
    Sense id: en-committeeman-en-noun-MbcSS4eH Categories (other): American English, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, People Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 14 86 Disambiguation of People: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: precinct committeeman Related terms: committeeperson, committeewoman

Inflected forms

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    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mey- (change)",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meyth₂-",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mon-",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱóm",
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