Definition of Committeemen

1. Noun. (plural of committeeman) ¹

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Definition of Committeemen

1. committeeman [n] - See also: committeeman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Committeemen

commits suicide
committable
committal
committal service
committal to memory
committal to writing
committals
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committedly
committedness
committee
committee meeting
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committeeman
committeemen (current term)
committeepeople
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committeepersons
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committible
committing
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Literary usage of Committeemen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rural Politics and the Collapse of Pennsylvania Federalism by Kenneth W. Keller (1982)
"The 44 Republican committeemen for whom housing values can be found in the ... In Bucks County the larger number of Federalist committeemen whose names were ..."

2. Nominating Systems: Direct Primaries Versus Conventions in the United States by Ernst Christopher Meyer (1902)
"... some means whereby party committeemen are to be selected.3 One of the staunchest adherents and framers of direct primary legislation in Minnesota, ..."

3. State Government in the United States by Arthur Norman Holcombe (1916)
"It is the duty of committeemen to manage election campaigns in ... In other words, it is necessary that candidates and committeemen should work together in ..."

4. Where the People Rule: Or, The Initiative and Referendum, Direct Primary Law by Gilbert Lawrence Hedges, Oregon (1914)
"Except as herein otherwise provided, existing provisions of law relating to elections are hereby made applicable to the election of national committeemen. ..."

5. Treatise on the Law of Contracts and Rights and Liabilities Ex Contractu by Charles Greenstreet Addison (1847)
"... undertaking-—Liabilities of the members of the committee of management, provisional committeemen, and subscribers and shareholders, to third parties. ..."

6. Digest of the Election Laws of Pennsylvania: And an Index to the Same (1916)
"State committeemen and Other Elective Party Officers, Except National ... Manner of Election and Filling of Vacancies in Office of National committeemen. 6. ..."

7. Co-operative Credit for the United States by Henry William Wolff (1917)
"... found among the committeemen (vorstand) as able bankers as are to be met with anywhere. But these are just the men who, by reason of their office, ..."

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