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committeeman

/kuh-mit-ee-muhn, -man/US // kəˈmɪt i mən, -ˌmæn //UK // (kəˈmɪtɪmən, -ˌmæn) //

委员长,议员,委员,专员

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural com·mit·tee·men [kuh-mit-ee-muhn, -men]. /kəˈmɪt i mən, -ˌmɛn/.

    • : a member of a committee.
    • : the leader of a political ward or precinct.
    • : shop steward.

Examples

  • In Fort Worth, county chair Rick Barnes said numerous callers asked about becoming a “precinct committeeman,” quoting the term used on Bannon’s podcast.

  • True power in the Democratic machine rested not with aldermen but with the committeemen, party officers who led the ward organizations and dispensed the patronage jobs that went with them.

  • Michigan Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema declined to resign after posting an anti-gay article on his Facebook page.

  • Some bought tickets for $50 from their desperate Democratic committeeman.

  • Our American committeeman, Hoover, saw her in trouble the other day and asked her what was the matter.

  • In due course of time, her enemies received a powerful addition to their forces in the committeeman's wife.

  • "Then you'd better draw up a notice and put it up in the store and tavern," suggested the committeeman.

  • Be one of these precinct committeemen, or a county committeeman, or a state committeeman, or a worker of some kind.

  • The committeeman who was a manufacturer of precision machinery mopped his forehead.