committeewoman
noun
com·mit·tee·wom·an kə-ˈmi-tē-ˌwu̇-mən 
1
: a woman who is a member of a committee
2
: a woman who is a party leader of a ward or precinct
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web She's been a precinct committeewoman for nearly three decades, an elected but low-ranking post. 
Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2022 Gash, the current Illinois state central committeewoman from the 10th District, faces a challenge for her position from retiring state Sen. Melinda Bush, D-Grayslake. Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2022 Berden currently serves as Michigan's national committeewoman for the Republican National Committee and Rodriguez is listed as the state committee chair for Grosse Pointe Farms in the 14th Congressional District Republican Party. Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2022 Berden was a national committeewoman at the Republican National Committee and served as a Trump delegate at the 2016 GOP convention. Marshall Cohen, CNN, 28 Jan. 2022 Johnnie Roebuck, national Democratic committeewoman from Arkansas, said party members hope to hear from the White House soon about the two U.S. attorney appointments. Ryan Tarinelli, Arkansas Online, 13 Dec. 2021 Republican voters picked their state committeeman and committeewoman in the August primary. Anthony Man, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Nov. 2020 The new members include: *Democratic precinct committeewoman Deborah Gray in Ward 4 on the East Side. Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2021 Squires-Lee rejected that argument Thursday, saying that write-in votes in the Second Suffolk state committeewoman race were not accurately counted or recorded and that those errors changed the results. BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2021 See More
Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2022 Gash, the current Illinois state central committeewoman from the 10th District, faces a challenge for her position from retiring state Sen. Melinda Bush, D-Grayslake. Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2022 Berden currently serves as Michigan's national committeewoman for the Republican National Committee and Rodriguez is listed as the state committee chair for Grosse Pointe Farms in the 14th Congressional District Republican Party. Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2022 Berden was a national committeewoman at the Republican National Committee and served as a Trump delegate at the 2016 GOP convention. Marshall Cohen, CNN, 28 Jan. 2022 Johnnie Roebuck, national Democratic committeewoman from Arkansas, said party members hope to hear from the White House soon about the two U.S. attorney appointments. Ryan Tarinelli, Arkansas Online, 13 Dec. 2021 Republican voters picked their state committeeman and committeewoman in the August primary. Anthony Man, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Nov. 2020 The new members include: *Democratic precinct committeewoman Deborah Gray in Ward 4 on the East Side. Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2021 Squires-Lee rejected that argument Thursday, saying that write-in votes in the Second Suffolk state committeewoman race were not accurately counted or recorded and that those errors changed the results. BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1724, in the meaning defined at sense 1