spec. A body appointed by a legislative or deliberative assembly to consider a particular matter or perform a particular function; esp. one…

council of war n. In some foreign countries: A body forming a permanent advisory committee or board on military affairs.

a committee set up to investigate a specific matter, usually having a limited number of members and established for a limited time period.

a permanent committee appointed by an administrative or legislative body to deal with all matters within a particular sphere.

any of various official committees set up to oversee security in a time of war or instability; spec. (a) English History any of several committees…

Military. A detachment of troops assigned to a particular task outside ordinary duties.

a committee that considers or examines finances.

U.S. the committee on which the county commissioners sit; a county commission.

A committee, usually invested with a number of administrative powers, intended to represent the members of a particular body, organization, or…

the committee of a county borough council which dealt with all matters pertaining to the policing and public lighting of the borough.

a number of people engaged in the same task; esp. a committee or group appointed to investigate and report on a particular subject and to make…

(in a communist party or country, esp. (now historical) the Soviet Union) a governing body composed of delegates elected during a party congress.

a committee formed in order to take active steps regarding some issue or situation; cf. political action committee n. at political, adj. n.compoun…

a group formed to take action on some issue or situation, esp. in local or national politics.

A committee of ombudsmen; a committee which performs the function of an ombudsman.

Public Expenditure Survey Committee.