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/ˌnaʃn̩(ə)l kəˈmɪtiː/, /ˌnaʃən(ə)l kəˈmɪtiː/, U.S. /ˌnæʃən(ə)l kəˈmɪdi/, /ˌnæʃn(ə)l kəˈmɪdi/ 1. A committee, usually invested with a number of administrative powers, intended to represent the members of a particular body, organization, or interest group nationwide, or to represent the interests of a nation in an international context.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > committee > other types of committee
committee1571
council of war1590
special committee1606
standing committeea1632
Committee of Safety1642
working party1744
finance committee1783
Board (also Court) of county commissioners1806
business committee1825
national committee1826
watch committee1835
working group1888
Central Committee1917
action committee1918
action group1927
ombuds-committee1964
PESC1969
1826 E. Boudinot Addr. to Whites 11 The Legislative authority is vested in a General Court, which consists of the National Committee and Council. The National Committee consists of thirteen members.
1865 A. Lewis & J. R. Newhall Hist. Lynn iii. 520 For his success, the National Committee of Commerce and Manufactures,..awarded him a vote of thanks.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 336/1 It was further resolved to establish national committees in the various countries represented, which should collect funds and appoint delegates.
1955 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 27 254/2 In the second national committee the Czechs agreed that the redesign of the district boundaries along national lines was advisable.
2000 Gymnast Mar. 4/1 My experience of gymnastics spans thirty years... I have served local, regional and national committees.
2. U.S. Politics. The executive committee of a political party, selected by the national convention (National Convention n. 2b), and with powers to nominate candidates for office, oversee the planning of campaigns, etc.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > party machine > types of control of > committee
caucus1802
national committee1847
1847 National Era 13 May 2 There is a national committee appointed to call a convention, and we doubt not every Liberty man and editor will cheerfully respond to their decision.
1852 Proc. Democratic National Convent. 3 It has been assigned to me, as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, appointed by the last convention, to call this convention to order.
1904 N.Y. Tribune 12 Jan. 2/1 Van Wyck will queer the whole thing. His appearance before the National Committee will recall..things that knocked Tammany out in 1901.
1968 Punch 27 Nov. 784/2 Can the National Committee be persuaded to exercise its powers under the rules and choose the leading right-winger?
1991 P. J. O'Rourke Parl. of Whores (1992) 44 Twenty years from today you will watch the chairman of the Republican National Committee boogie down on electric guitar.
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national committeeman n. U.S. a male member of the national committee of a political party.
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1856 Official Proc. National Democratic Convent. 72 It is intended to send the question of the selection of a National Committeeman to the next State Convention to be held in New York.
1973 N. Freedman Joshua 104 Why had no one listened to that national committeeman who knew the temper of this city, who cried Cassandra-like warnings with the voice of a thousand years?
national committeewoman n. U.S. a female member of the national committee of a political party.
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1923 J. B. Harriman From Pinafores to Politics xix. 330 Mrs. Castleman, silver-haired National Committeewoman from Kentucky, 78 years old, is standing up and singing ‘My Old Kentucky Home’, with a rapt and inspired expression.
1988 Yankee Aug. 61/2 The Republican national committeewoman from Massachusetts..rattles the phone line with one of the most impressive horse howls you'll ever hear.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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